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Former ACT MP and Federated Farmers president Owen Jennings believes he's come across a new fertilising method in Australia that yields "outstanding results".

Fertiliser use in New Zealand over the 18 months is about 25% down from what it consistently was for the previous decade or more, says Ravensdown chief operating officer Mike Whitty.

After extreme market volatility and record-high prices in recent years, global fertiliser prices are expected to settle in 2024, despite uncertainty posed by the Israel-Hamas conflict as it currently stands.

With spring fertiliser season underway, more dairy farmers are anticipated to turn to self-spreading to help keep costs down, according to Precision Farming head of sales, Aaron Wilson.

The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the UK’s agri-supply trade association representing UK fertiliser and agronomy companies, is raising concerns that farmers, growers and buying co-operatives must brace themselves for law changes that will require them to provide photo ID when purchasing ammonium nitrate (AN) fertilisers.

Cash-strapped farmers are getting relief through a major drop in the price of key farm input - fertiliser.

A foliar fertiliser is a product that is designed to be applied directly to the leaves of the plant.

Rabobank's Emma Higgins recently outlined some of the current headaches facing the agriculture sector.

A Bay of Plenty company has been sentenced after a dense cloud of lime dust across a motorway caused a multi-vehicle crash which killed a driver.

With the cost of fertiliser soaring, Mark Daniel called on advice from Power Farming product manager John (JP) Chapman to understand how to get the best bang for your buck as you set off on your spring application campaign.