“Being a Kiwi, you’ve got to look after your country and if there is a smarter way to do something then you want to do it.” That’s straight talking from Murray Cockburn, owner of Mainland Minerals Southern, a Gore …
Better phosphate fertiliser products in the NZ market New Zealand farmers have been long accustomed to applying superphosphate as the main source of fertiliser to their farms. It’s time to question if this is still best practice? Through our regional …
Mainland Minerals History In the late 1940’s a man by the name of Brown Trotter bucked the trend, and turned the fertiliser industry on its head. Running a 200ha sheep operation in Fairlie, he was able to transform an …
‘‘We take a holistic view and always ensure soil science is at the very core of our approach.’’ A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY At Mainland Minerals, we have a different fertiliser philosophy. We believe that less is more, and that …
