Business Central September 2021

| 47 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Central Hawke’s Bay: Ludlow Farms Simon and Lou White have taken care of the White family mixed cropping, beef and lamb farm since 2007. Proud to support Ludlow Farms www.trshawkesbay.co.nz | 06 879 7536 | 1211 Omahu Rd, Hastings TRS HAWKE’S BAY ProudlySupporting LudlowFarms ballance.co.nz | 0800 222 090 At Ballance, we believe that a thriving agricultural community can only exist with the support of all who live and work in it. As a result, we invest both time and money to help secure the future of New Zealand farmers and growers. Experience Next Level Precision Agriculture with Vantage NZ Proudly supporting Ludlow Farms and NZ farmers for over 11 years! Vantage NZ offers a wide range of ag hardware, software and services to help with all your precision agriculture and environmental management needs. 0800 482 682 | www.vantage-nz.com YOUR LOCAL PARTNER for AG HARDWARE, SOFTWARE and SERVICES It’s of little surprise that Vantage New Zealand is recognised today as this country’s leading precision agriculture solutions provider. Forming in 2010, the last decade has been a whirlwind of growth, seizing opportunities, product and service development, all driven by the vision of supporting New Zealand’s largest industry, agriculture, to thrive. In 2020 Vantage NZ, which has its headquarters inMethven, Canterbury, rebranded, merging the skills of sta from Agri Optics NZ and GPS Control Systems, determined to provide outstanding service and support throughout the country, for its agricultural clients. Wade Riley, one of the company’s Trimble Hardware specialists for the North Island is based in Central Hawke’s Bay. Hailing froma cotton and rice farm inMississippi, Wade has beenworking with Trimble hardware for 14 years. “My responsibilities are to take care to help with sales, to call on customers, determine what solutions will work best on their farm to bring about real gains and to provide technical support,” Wade explains. Along with supplying technologies from Trimble Agriculture, Vantage NZ are also New Zealand dealers for AquaCheck and Halo FarmSystems. “You know I think our product knowledge and support is so important. You can sell something one time without service and support but youwon’t sell it a second time.” Vantage NZ works closely alongside agronomists and fert or ield reps to create soil management systems for growers, based on exacting science. This, Wade says, means Next-level precision with Vantage there is no room for error, no uncertainty, directly improving the ‘bottom-line’ with resources applied only where they are needed to create the optimumgrowing conditions. Large scale cropping business Ludlow Farms, a stone’s throw fromwhereWade lives, is bene itting fromautomated steering, seeding, spraying and fertiliser prescriptions developed by Vantage NZ. SimonWhite and the teamat Ludlow Farms have seen real improvements in fertility and growth vigour through the application of a suite of technologies, including electro-magnetic (EM) soil surveying to capture soil variability, supplied by Vantage NZ. “We go back a long way. We aremore than just a supplier. Simon is potentially looking at doing some land-levelling. We’re limited here in New Zealand with the amount of top-soil and by adjusting the land to produce amore consistent soil pro ile, direct growing bene its are achieved.” Vantage NZ promises to deliver meaningful and timely results to every client, regardless of their size and situation. “Our commitment is irst and foremost of our farmers. Our precisions ag solutions will help themmake better decisions. We’re there with themevery step of the way,” saysWade. Vantage NZ’s comprehensive website, is a good place to start, o ering information on all the products and services it delivers. “Our reputation has blossomed on year’s delivering real bene its to our clients and we’re just a phone call away.”