What We Offer
Healthier soil and pasture means boosted production and thriving animals. And that means better financial performance, all while improving fertiliser efficiency.
“Yes we’re a fertiliser company, but that’s not what gets us up in the morning. We see our real job as getting your soil and pasture in the best health it’s ever been”.
That’s actually a big distinction, a whole different tack. You can heap increasingly more fertiliser onto the land and get the same results every year, or you can transform your pasture and business from the soil up.
Healthier soil and pasture means boosted production and thriving animals. And that means better financial performance, all while improving fertiliser efficiency.
We easily go head to head with the big boys, because were focused on quality, not quantity. And our people aren’t sales reps – they’re your partners in improving farm profitability.
Yes, our approach is far better for the environment.
And when you want to take care of your asset, meet the inevitable future demands of a much more health conscious consumer market, and stay ahead of tightening environmental regulations, that’s important. But it’s also better for your bottom line – healthier soil, pasture and animals, meaning healthier financial returns.
Case Studies
Waikato dairy farmers Peter and Mandy Paterson have been on an Abron Soil Nutrition Programme for eight years.
Over this time production has improved from 70,000kg milk solids to 104,000kg milk solids on 79 hectares from 215 cows. Pasture harvested by cows has increased from 10.4T/ ha to 13.1T/ha, an increase of 2.7T/ha. This has been achieved with less than 30 kg/ ha/yr of applied nitrogen and an OVERSEER® nitrogen loss to water of 23kg/ha/ yr. An example that through an Abron fertiliser programme promoting good soil health you can have high farm productivity while looking after the environment and meeting environmental regulations.
Hawkes Bay sheep and beef farmer Andrew Russell, Tuna Nui Station, started with Abron five years ago and has reported significant positive changes:
“For starters, our input costs have dropped dramatically. We completely stopped applying nitrogen four years ago and there has been no negative change to pasture growth – we know this as we monitor closely using FARMAX on a monthly basis.”
“Working root depth has increased from 150mm to over 300mm” says Andrew. Worm numbers have increased to over 20 per spade square and there is much more biological activity. A more balanced pasture quality has also helped contribute to lambs being finished much earlier, which has had obvious positive effects on the business.
Biodynamic or biological farming is a biological farming technique that uses microorganisms to maximise feed volume and diversity, improve animal health and milk production and reduce antibiotic and herbicide reliance. It can be a stepping stone towards organic farming and this can lead to higher produce payouts.