Maintaining soil health with dolomite

Animal health and performance is dependent on the quality of the pasture available, which in turn is reliant on sufficient mineral and moisture available from the soil. We had the privilege, prior to Christmas, of visiting a Collingwood grazing property with stock as...

Beneficial fungi play an important role, Dec’09

It has been heartening to receive calls from farmers requesting further dolomite for their properties particularly so when it is some years since they last applied. In the interim some have applied other magnesium ‘fertiliser’ the decision being made on the basis of...

Dolomite – A success in the down turn, Nov’09

Fertiliser sales generally, since this time last year, have been significantly down on the buoyant sales of the previous twelve months. Dolomite sales have however bucked the trend, and even into November demand is steady, a tribute to its effectiveness and value....