December 2019 – Spreadmark Registered Companies List
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As of December 2019
November 2019 – Approved spreading equipment testers for groundspreaders
Below is a list of people, and the organisations that they are employed by, that are recognised by the Fertiliser Quality Council as being able to carry out fertiliser groundspreading machinery testing and certification for the Spreadmark programme
Download the Approved spreading equipment testers for Groundspreaders list. (November 2019)
November 2019 – Spreadmark Registered Companies List
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As of November 2019
September 2019 – Updated Spreadmark Code of Practice
Download the latest Spreadmark Codes of practice. For more information please visit “Using the Marks” on http://www.fertqual.co.nz.
September 2019 – Nutrients Need Care & Attention
The Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC) is urging everyone involved in the nutrient services chain to take responsibility to retain the integrity of fertiliser products.
Read the article (below) from Southern Rural Life, September 4, 2019
September 2019 – Spreadmark Registered Companies List
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As of September 2019
August 2019 – ACVM Act 1997, fertiliser sellers’ obligations
Fertiliser sellers have legal obligations – are you aware?
Regardless of whether or not you, as an importer, manufacturer or seller of fertiliser, choose to become Fertmark accredited, there are legal obligations that those selling fertiliser must fulfil.
August 2019 – Canterbury Farming: Fertiliser quality on the agenda
The New Zealand Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC) is reassuring farmers and growers that discussions around achieving common standardisation for the physical quality of fertiliser products are firmly under way.
by Anders Crofoot
Chairman of the
Fertiliser Quality Council
August 2019 – Spreadmark Registered Companies List
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As of August 2019
August 2019 – Compatibility of new Spreadmark test with current method
DEMONSTRATING THE COMPATIBILITY OF A NEW SPREADMARK TEST WITH THE CURRENT METHOD
Thomas P. Wilson, Miles C.E. Grafton
School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand
Email: M.Grafton@massey.ac.nz