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Farm dairy effluent is a natural, dilute liquid fertiliser.

Dairy farm effluent should be treated as a fertiliser, but carefully, because it is not a balanced fertiliser, being very high in potassium.

Global fertiliser prices are slumping – good news for cash-strapped farmers.

Amazone feriliser spreaders, well respected for many years, have won their maker a Machine of the Year Award at the recent Agritechnica show.

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.

Ravensdown returned savings of about $1.3 million to its farmers.

Kuhn importer CB Norwood Distributors Ltd's recently announced 3500L and 6500L trailed seed or fertiliser hoppers are aimed at improving the logistics of drilling and/or fertiliser application.

Getting the best bang for buck out of fertiliser – while protecting economic and environmental bottom lines – is a key balancing act for farmers.

Whole-farm soil testing saves Taranaki farmer Hayden Lawrence about $15,000 on fertiliser each year.

The spring months, as soils warm up, are when the work of fertilising begins.