Pacific fertiliser wishes the following rugby clubs all the best for the 2016 season:
- Cowra Eagles
- Dalby Wheatmen
- Currumbin Alleygators
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Riverton Lime
Pacific Fertiliser can supply & deliver lime from the Riverton limestone pits just off Bruxner Hwy.
The Ag lime products are suitable from cropping, pastoral and horticultural operations in the Northern Rivers, New England & Northern NSW areas.
We can also offer pH mapping and variable rate lime applications to ensure you have a uniform pH across each paddock.
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Warwick Lime
Pacific Fertiliser can supply & deliver lime from the Warwick limestone pit just off Cunningham Hwy.
The Ag lime products are suitable from cropping, pastoral and horticultural operations in darling downs, lockyer valley and granite belt area.
We can also offer pH mapping and variable rate lime applications to ensure you have a uniform pH across each paddock.
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Cowra Pebble
Pacific Fertiliser can supply or freight various decorative pebble to the Sydney market.
Our Cowra plant is close to both the Benedict quarry and Glenella quarry making it cost effective to cart the products into Sydney.
Products we can supply or freight to Sydney:
- Cowra Gold Pebbles
- Cowra White Pebbles
- Cowra Red Pebbles
- Cowra Ladscape Blend Pebbles
- Western White Pebbles
- Lucky Stone
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Cost Benefits of Soil Amerlioration
In a recent Farming Ahead article on “Counting the cost of subsoil constraints”, which outlined the results of a Dept of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA), they studied three sub soil constraints and there estimated cost per year if not addressed:
- Soil sodicity – $54/ha
- Soil compaction – $52/ha
- transient salinity – $19/ha
The report provides an economic analysis of these sub soil constraints on crop yields, cost structures and profits to better measure the effect of the soil amelioration and soil improvement measures. Given there has been a lot of work on the yield increases of fertiliser application it is great to see a report on the potential yield increases from good soil amelioration programs.
The DAFWA figures for the WA grain growers showed:
- soil compaction caused about 10-30% yield penalties
- sub soil acidity can reduce yields by 10-30% with canola and barley the most effected (46%), wheat (13%) and lupins aren’t effected by acidity
- transient salinity may effect yield by 15% depending on the severity and crop type
The report goes on to outline the returns on investment from soil amelioration.
- Liming to correct subsoil acidity has the most potential to increase profitability with up to $11 returned for every dollar spent (~$63/ha profit increase)
- Deep ripping and deep working with controlled traffic to manage compaction can return $9 for every dollar spent (~$35/ha profit increase)
- Correcting subsoil sodicity with gypsum applications can return $1.40 for every dollar spent (~$9/ha profit increase), with the non measured benefit of adding sulphur at the same time as calcium
Obviously these numbers are based on the specific area and constraints but it is good to see an organisation putting a dollar figure on the cost and the potential increase in profits through soil amelioration. There is also work being done on paddocks that have had a long history of good soil amelioration and lower grain screening issues during harvest.
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Compound fertilisers
Compound fertilisers contain multiple nutrients such as NPK in each individual granule. They differ from a blend of fertilisers mixed together to achieve a desired average NPK composition such as 16:10:10. This difference allows farmers to spread compound fertiliser so that each granule delivers the desired mixture of fertiliser as it dissolves in the soil and eliminates the potential for segregation of blended fertiliser during transport and/or application. The granules of the compound fertilisers also allow the farmer to achieve uniform distribution of micronutrients throughout the root zone.
Compound fertilisers are especially effective for applying an initial dose of nutrients in advance of planting. We manufacture certain ratios of nutrients for standard soil and crop application. However if you want to meet specific soil and crop requirements, you will still need to blend fertilisers, minerals and trace elements to get the desired result.
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Law of Return – Organic Farming
Around the end of the First World War, Albert Howard & his wife were convinced that soil was not simply a base for chemical additives. It was an intricate living system that required a wildly complex mix of nutrients in plant and animal waste: harvest leftovers, manure. The Howards summed up their ideas in what they called the Law of Return: “the faithful return to the soil of all available vegetable, animal, and human wastes.” We depend on plants, plants depend on soil, and soil depends on us. Howard’s 1943 Agricultural Testament became the founding document of the organic farming movement.
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Pelletised Manure
Pacific Fertiliser has added a new product to the range – Pelletised Manure or granular manure.
This high quality product is a made from a blend of chicken manure, blood & bone, potash, phosphate rock and other trace elements.
General specs – N 3.5%, P 2%, K 4%, S 3.1%, Ca 6%, Mg 1%
Sizing 2-4mm suitable for air seeder application.
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Cowra Fertiliser Deliveries & Grain Cartage
Pacific Fertiliser has added a new truck to the fleet to service the Cowra and Central West NSW customers.
We have a 36′ tipper and float to move product and equipment around.
We also have a fertiliser conveyor for spreader loading, to ensure that no fertiliser is wasted when delivered and spread on farm.
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FLUTRIAFOL TREATMENT
Flutriafol Fungicide is mainly used as a fertiliser treatment.
Flutriafol controls Blackleg in Canola, Stripe Rust, Septoria Tritici Blotch and take-all in Wheat, and Powdery Mildew and Scald in Barley. Flutriafol does not control Blackleg in Canola when applied as a foliar spray.