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Tailings Dam Rehabilitation

Mine sites & tailings dams are degraded lands that present relatively hostile site conditions that require a detailed understanding of plant-soil water-environmental interactions to achieve successful rehabilitation. Areas of disturbed mining land are rehabilitated each

June 11th, 2017|

Fertiliser Compatibility Chart

Incompatible fertiliser ingredients should not be mixed together. Examples like above highlighted with red/orange boxes include: • Urea and ammonium nitrate-based fertilisers such as NPKS Compound Examples of ingredients that may have Limited Compatibility

May 29th, 2017|

Fertiliser Application Rate Conversion Charts

Fertiliser Spreading Conversion Tables Appendix A contains conversion tables for fertiliser application rates, weights, and areas. Table 1 - Fertiliser application rate conversions kg/ha kg/acre cwt*/acre Small bag/ha Small bag/acre 50 20 1 0.4 100 40 2 0.8

May 28th, 2017|

Single Super Application Rates

Single Super Fertiliser (SSP) used to be generally spread at a hundred weigh per acre (CWT) on pastures. The following helps you convert these imperial fertiliser application rates into metric and compare other various

May 25th, 2017|

Fertiliser Bulk Densities

FERTILISER DENSITY AND SIZING Pacific Fertiliser manufactures and imports fertilisers, from various suppliers. Typical density and sizing data for the more commonly used products are shown in the following table. The fertiliser product bulk densities

May 24th, 2017|

Aerial Fertiliser Blend

We are spreading a single super equivalent blend today. The aerial grade fertiliser blend consists of soft rock phosphate, sulphur, boron and liquid biology. You can see the biology working on the granules from the

May 24th, 2017|

Low Fertiliser Prices

Fertiliser prices are at a 10 year low after weak global demand and surplus global stock. Despite high demand for fertiliser locally and a low Australian Dollar the prices of nitrogen, phosphate and potassium fertiliser

May 14th, 2017|

Big Ships

Big Ships & Big Hoppers as another self discharging ship rolls into port.

May 9th, 2017|

MAP Shortage

There is a shortage of MAP and DAP fertiliser on the east coast as growers sow winter grain crops. More shipments are due to arrive in late May.

May 9th, 2017|

Clubroot Treatment

Quick lime (aka hot lime) is used in preference to normal Ag lime or slaked lime for agriculture applications in some horticultural crops especially for treating clubroot Clubroot is caused by the pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae.

April 28th, 2017|
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