Dion Gordon manages three dairy farms in Canterbury, milking 3,500 cows across a range of soil types.
What began with closer soil testing and questioning fertiliser use led to changes in how nitrogen is supplied across the farm.
In this episode of Where Inches Matter, Dion talks about reducing fertiliser inputs, why BioN made sense as an alternative to urea, and how the system is still delivering the same pasture growth, with a lower footprint.
Nitrogen planning in New Zealand farming is no longer just about response and yield. Urea pricing is tied to global energy markets, and supply depends on international logistics and geopolitical stability. What was once a predictable
input is now less certain. As a result, the focus is shifting from how much nitrogen to apply, to how it is supplied across the season.
In this episode of Where Inches Matter, Allan Piercy interviews Gerhard Vermaak of Custom Chemistry, developer of BioN – a patented biological nitrogen fixation technology.
Dion Gordon manages three dairy farms in Canterbury, milking 3,500 cows across a range of soil types. What began with closer soil testing and questioning