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June 2017 – May NZGFA Magazine is now available

admin — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:28:35 +0000

Click here to download the latest NZGFA Magazine (May Issue)

Aug 2016 – Health & safety top priority for groundspreading industry

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:06:33 +0000

The New Zealand Groundspread Fertilisers Association (NZGFA) is committed to stepping up its health and safety programme to make fertiliser groundspreading safer for all operators.

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Jun 2016: Onus on Spreadmark companies to ensure vehicle certificates are valid

admin — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:32:32 +0000

The Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC) is urging all spreading companies registered with Spreadmark – the industry guarantee programme – to check their vehicle certification status. The call from the Council follows an alert from auditors that companies registered with the Spreadmark scheme may, unknowingly, have trucks or aircraft with expired certificates.

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Jun 2016 – Accurate fertiliser spreading could save NZ agriculture millions

admin — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 21:50:27 +0000

A research study, commissioned by the New Zealand Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC), estimates that New Zealand agriculture could save tens of millions of dollars in lost production and wasted fertiliser – every year.

Conducted by Massey University’s Centre for Precision Agriculture, the report, which reviewed spreading accuracy from twin disc fertiliser spreaders, found that several factors contributed to ‘off target’ fertiliser spreading – including the physical properties of the fertiliser product, demand for spreaders to spread wider, as well as topography and wind.

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2016, Jun – FQC keen to spread word about quality

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:58:45 +0000

The New Zealand Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC) is reminding farmers to be vigilant about checking product labels and service details ahead of fertilising and spreading this spring.

Farmers should look out for the two distinctive quality assurance motifs – Fertmark and the Spreadmark – when choosing a fertiliser product and a spreading company, says Anders Crofoot, Chairman of the FQC.

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2016, Jun – Take advantage of steady nutrient costs

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 21:54:08 +0000

The Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC) says current stability around fertiliser prices will give farm budgets an early boost for 2016 – but only if farmers are quick to seize the opportunity.

The two main fertiliser manufacturers, Ballance and Ravensdown, have kept costs for major nutrients under control since September 2015 – despite economic volatility caused by last year’s slide in the value of the New Zealand dollar.

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Application form for Spreadmark company registration by a groundspread company

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 01:56:08 +0000

Download, complete and return the Application form for Spreadmark company registration by a groundspread company.

UPDATED! FertMark Declared Values

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:24:47 +0000

Download the latest version of the FertMark Declared Values.

UPDATED! Spreadmark Membership List

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2015 22:21:38 +0000

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New Site for FQC underway

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:07:44 +0000

Welcome to the Fertiliser Quality of New Zealand! We’re refreshing our site to a more clean and simple responsive design so please check back for progress.