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Your canine crusader reckons fertiliser company Ballance Agri-Nutrients’ new chief executive David Wynne may need to improve his timing.

Million of dollars of nitrogen is vanishing into thin air, causing losses to farmers and to New Zealand in wasted imports, says fertiliser company Ballance Agri-Nutrients.

The fresher the better, according to new research which shows available nitrogen from farm dairy effluent diminishes the longer the effluent is stored.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients has awarded $60,000 in tertiary study scholarships to seven students who have set their sights on careers in the primary industries sector.

Central Hawke's Bay sheep and beef farmers Alastair and Tracy Ormond and Alastair's son Daniel are the Supreme winners of the 2015 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA).

Ballance Agri-Nutrients has formed a team to help farmers deal with councils in sorting their compliance with environmental regulations and in applying for consents.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients has launched a specialist team to help farmers navigate increasingly complex environmental regulations and consent requirements to promote clean green land, rivers and streams.

Many great farming stories brought to light by the Ballance Farm Environment Awards can now be watched on New Zealand Farm Environment (NZFE) Trust’s website.

With cashflows tight on dairy farms, pasture comes out on top as the cheapest feed source, says fertiliser co-op Ballance Agri-Nutrients.

FEED SUPPLIER SealesWinslow has spent $10 million to get its products to farmers faster.