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BioAg celebrates 25 years
BioAg was founded in March 1999 as a vehicle to commercialise the IP that Jep Gates had been developing in the Mississippi Valley over the prior ten year period.
What about P!
It’s that time of year where broadacre growers are looking at the cost of their fertilisers, and in particular phosphate fertilisers.
Landfall Angus | Farming for five generations
Situated along the Tamar River in Northern Tasmania, Landfall Angus has been integral to Australian agriculture since the Archer family settled there in 1876. Starting with 1,000 acres for cropping, wool production, and cattle, the family established the Landfall Angus Stud in 1948.
Zucchini mid-season update
It has been another fruitful season of zucchini cultivation in Shepparton, Victoria, in collaboration with GV Roo’s Director, Dhami Singh, and his dedicated team.
Cheers to our CEO
It is with some sadness that we announce that Martin Metz is retiring from BioAg in December, having spent almost nine years leading Team BioAg through a myriad of environmental and market based shocks.
A critical time to address nutrient deficiencies
As fruit and nuts near maturity and harvest, the critical processes for perennial tree crops and vines are the accumulation of sugars, the maintenance of the sugar-to-acid ratio, and the development of colour, and for vines, an increase in anthocyanins (dark pigments).
New Science presented
Back in September Anton and Darren attended the Australian Fertiliser Conference in Cairns. Dr Peter Espie, the researcher who has undertaken the replicated pasture trials in the Mackenzie Basin at Twizel in New Zealand for several years, was asked to present the new science that his trial work has discovered.
Distributor Spotlight – Squires Product Applicators
Noel Squires and his team have been supplying BioAg solid fertilisers and biostimulants to the local grazing and cropping industry for many years.
Introducing Darren Free
We’ve been very pleased to welcome Darren Free to the BioAg team as the General Manager in Sales and Marketing as of July this year.
Biostimulants increase yield
For the past four years, BioAg Agronomist and Area Manager Pete Emerson has been conducting a large-scale biostimulants demonstration with a grower near Brocklesby, southern NSW. The innovative grower is keen to explore ways to combat soil constraints and improve crop yield.
Soil-nutrient relationships
Nutrients, such as calcium and magnesium, may be supplied to plants solely from reserves held in the soil. Others like phosphorus and nitrogen are added regularly to soils as fertiliser to be withdrawn as needed by crops.
Getting the soil balance right
Dhami Singh, originally from the Punjab region of India, has always been passionate about farming. After immigrating to Australia, he now leads a team of 14 people in Shepparton Victoria, growing 200 acres of zucchini under contract. With a master’s in mathematics, Dhami is not your typical zucchini farmer.
Biostimulants to the rescue – enhancing fertiliser efficiency
Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) is the term used to describe the effectiveness of nitrogen uptake by plants, whether it be nitrogen latent in the soil, sequestered from the air, or applied as fertiliser.
Challenging terrain
Since the 1950s, fertiliser and ameliorants have been spread using planes and more recently helicopters. In hilly and remote terrain this is common, allowing farmers better use of more of their land. While sometimes it isn’t easy to locate someone to do aerial spreading, at BioAg, we know some long-term experienced operators who can do the job!
Building sustainability into our business
‘Doing things better’ is a key value for BioAg. This extends to building sustainability into our products and business processes through harnessing innovation and new technologies.
Impactful results even in challenging seasons
In BioAg’s Winter/Spring Newsletter 2022, we wrote about a leading Australian wine producer seeking ways to improve the yield and quality of their organically grown grape crop. BioAg readily accepted this opportunity/challenge and has been working with the producer in their Riverina vineyards over the last 3 years. We are now pleased to provide the results and
analysis undertaken on the Demonstration site.
Just a Trace – Micro in nature, but MIGHTY in impact.
The name ‘Trace Elements’ does little to highlight the importance of these powerhouse ‘micronutrients’ to crops, pastures and stock health. ‘Trace’ referring to ‘only present or only required in minute quantities.’
Distributor Spotlight – Ag Warehouse Bega
BioAg products have been well supported on the south coast of NSW for many years. Ag Warehouse recently purchased Bega Agricultural Services to become Ag Warehouse Bega.
What Rock Phosphate really Rocks? BioAgPhos vs other Rock Phosphates
Phosphorus (P) is one of the important nutrients for plant growth. It is vital for seedlings and young plants as it is a component of plant cells, essential for cell division and development of the growing tip of the plant.
Liquid Boosts for Permanent Plantings
There are certain times within the growing cycle of a crop that can do with a boost to help nature’s processes along.
#Gippsland – a place of all kinds wonder
The Gippsland region in southeastern Victoria stretches from outer Melbourne, along the south-east coast of Australia to the NSW border.