Displaying items by tag: Ballance
Passion for soil helps South Island farmers
Growing up in urban South Auckland seems a world apart from working with South Island farmers.
Time on farm gives new perspective
Fresh from two years out in the paddock as a dairy farm manager, Josh Verhoek is now back on the Ballance Agri-Nutrients Science Extension Team.
Hastings orchardists claim East Coast title
Resilient, innovative and hard-working growers Graham and Marian Hirst are Supreme winners of the 2016 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Fert price cuts means more cash in hand sooner
Global fertiliser prices are slumping – good news for cash-strapped farmers.
Fert co-ops take it on the chin, back farmers
Fertiliser maker Ballance says it will continue to absorb the impact of a weaker New Zealand dollar and hold prices for most major nutrients through December.
Nutrient loss under spotlight
New Zealand's shift from a pasture-based model to high feed-input dairy farms will come under the microscope in a joint research project.
Plan through El Nino
With predictions the El Nino will continue through summer, Ballance says now is the time to proceed with a pasture and stock feed programme.
Ballance plans next 60 years
Ballance Agri-Nutrients achieved record sales for its financial year ended 31 May 2015.
Test your soils first
Soil tests should be the first step for farmers trying to manage budgets while maintaining pasture productivity, says fertiliser co-op Ballance.
Fert co-op holds pricing
Ballance Agri-Nutrients is holding nitrogen prices to help shelter customers from the drop in the dollar.
