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Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance is a New Zealand farmer-owned co-operative that helps its customers to farm more productively, profitably and sustainably.
From the core business of fertiliser manufacturing, supply, sales and advice, Ballance Agri-Nutrients has grown to offer farmers a full range of science-backed nutrient products and services. This enables us to help farmers achieve soil and animal nutrition and productivity with a minimal environmental footprint.
Our agri-nutrient advice is complemented by award-winning web-based farm systems software, which enables farmers to capture and analyse a wealth of information, and so make the best management decisions for their business.
We cover the country, with one-on-one specialist advice on farm backed up by a network of rural merchant supply partners, service centres, consignment stores, manufacturing sites and our own agricultural aviation services.
As well as supporting New Zealand farmers, Ballance also supplies products to a range of industrial businesses.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients - Latest News [Page 10]
New Ballance service centre improves East Coast capability
Monday, 19 March 2012, 4:01 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance Agri-Nutrients is reinforcing its commitment to the East Coast with a new purpose-built $3.5 million service centre in Gisborne. More >>
Fertiliser maintenance - lush pasture depletes soil nutrient
Monday, 5 March 2012, 7:54 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
5 March 2012 Fertiliser maintenance - lush pasture depletes soil nutrients The favourable summer growth conditions in many parts of the country have set farmers up well for excellent summer and autumn production. However, some farmers are facing the issue ... More >>
Ballance Pledges Support For Farmers
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 11:09 am | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance Agri-Nutrients has reinforced its commitment to supporting and promoting sustainable farming practices. Speaking at the first regional 2012 Ballance Farm Environment Awards ceremony in the Bay of Plenty last week, Ballance Chief Executive ... More >>
Ballance strengthens nutrient management plans
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 11:12 am | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance strengthens nutrient management plans Nutrient management plans (NMP) are a vital tool for farmers and have been a key development for the fertiliser industry. Now Ballance Agri-Nutrients has taken them a step ahead, upgrading its NMP Generator ... More >>
Super Air closes on 1500 lost time injury free days
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 4:37 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Aerial fertiliser spreading company Super Air marks a key milestone of more than four years with no lost time due to injuries (LTIs) this month. On December 16, Super Air will celebrate 1500 LTI-free days, the result of a focussed commitment to health ... More >>
Greener environmental credentials for Ballance
Monday, 5 December 2011, 1:32 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance Agri-Nutrients has deepened its green credentials, with three more sites gaining ISO14001 certification from independent auditors Verification New Zealand. More >>
Improved yields with better nitrogen uptake
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 5:30 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Farmers using urea treated with a urease inhibitor can expect a better nitrogen boost to pasture and crops providing farmers more flexibility, according to independent research conducted by AgResearch. More >>
New Ballance Director appointed
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 2:21 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
26 October 2011 New Ballance Director appointed Andrew Morrison has been elected to the Ballance Agri-Nutrients Board of Directors after the Annual Meeting of the co-operative in Napier last month. Mr Morrison, aged 46, replaces Te Anau based Owen ... More >>
Ballance dinners demonstrate path to profitability
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 10:44 am | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance Agri-Nutrients has pulled together a raft of experts to present at its Business Development Dinner series over the next few months. More >>
Ballance expands specialist science extension team
Monday, 17 October 2011, 4:15 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance Agri-Nutrients is filling a growing market void by providing more technical extension specialists to support its field representatives in offering targeted, farm-specific nutrient management advice. Science Extension Manager Aaron Stafford ... More >>
Fertiliser industry leader passes on
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 9:10 am | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
A respected leader who had been instrumental to some of the most significant changes to the New Zealand fertiliser industry, former Ballance Agri-Nutrients Chief Executive Rex Syminton, passed away on 25 September 2011, in Tauranga. More >>
Government backs Ballance’s research programme
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 1:36 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s Primary Growth Partnership programme has enabled Ballance Agri-Nutrients to launch a $32 million programme to increase the productive capacity of New Zealand’s primary sector while minimising ... More >>
Tertiary study boost with Ballance scholarships
Monday, 12 September 2011, 12:19 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Students considering a future as part of New Zealand’s vibrant primary and science industries have until the end of October to apply for one of four Ballance Agri-Nutrients scholarships valued at $4000 a year for up to three years. More >>
Record rebate for Ballance farmers
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 12:29 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance Agri-Nutrients will pay shareholders a record rebate and dividend of $50.29 per tonne after achieving an $85.9 million operating profit for the 2010/11 financial year, more than four times the $20.7 million achieved in the prior year. More >>
Ag-Hub is ‘best of the best’
Monday, 25 July 2011, 4:10 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Agriculture web portal for farmers, Ag-Hub, has scooped up the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) ‘best of the best’ prize at its 2011 Innovations Awards. More >>
Upbeat mood in fertiliser industry
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 11:07 am | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Ballance Agri-Nutrients says higher demand across all food commodities should translate into steady demand for fertiliser over the year. More >>
Following role models could double NZ food production
Friday, 1 July 2011, 10:50 am | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
New Zealand could produce enough food to feed around 40 million people if every farm performed at the same level as the most profitable, said Ballance Agri-Nutrients Chairman, David Graham. More >>
A future defined by nutrient management
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 9:43 am | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
New Zealand farmers have been placed in a number of boxes over the last few months by commentators, politicians and even farmers themselves. More >>
Target forage crops for nitrate leaching
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 9:50 am | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Applications of the nitrification inhibitor DCn to winter-grazed forage crop areas can reduce nitrate leaching by as much as 30 per cent, retaining nitrogen in the soil for future pasture or crop growth, an AgResearch study shows. More >>
Altum enters market with customised nutrient advice
Friday, 27 May 2011, 5:22 pm | Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Customised nutrient management is the way of the future for farmers wanting to achieve maximum production with minimal environmental impact, says Willie Thomson, General Manager of Altum. Altum replaces the Summit Quinphos brand from 30 May and Mr Thomson ... More >>
