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Manure link to best ever crops for Hassells

AFTER growing some of their best ever crops following application of chicken manure in addition to their base fertiliser previously, the Hassell family between Pingelly and Wickepin in Western Australia turned to pig manure this season and the crops are again shaping up very well.

Carbon pellet generates extra $180/ha with New Norcia export hay

NEW Norcia full-time cropper Dave Mackie has been thinking about the need for carbon in his soils for some time and after a trial on his property this season showed an encouraging return on investment of $160-$180 per hectare, he’s now set to put his thinking into action.

This is exactly what has happened at ‘Yupiri’, the property operated by Viridis Ag at Beaumont, near Esperance, that is hosting an extensive trial of a new carbon fertiliser pellet that can be direct-sown through growers’ seeding systems. 

Trial crop avoids frost with new carbon fertiliser

IN a frost-hit cropping region, if you look over a fence into a paddock showing areas of crop appearing unaffected by frost, you know it’s going to quickly capture attention.

This is exactly what has happened at ‘Yupiri’, the property operated by Viridis Ag at Beaumont, near Esperance, that is hosting an extensive trial of a new carbon fertiliser pellet that can be direct-sown through growers’ seeding systems.