| 67 All advice is grounded in science and best practice to help the client make the most from the land. RURAL SERVICES » Catalyst Performance Agronomy/Westpac Awards 0800 674 6627 www.orionagriscience.co.nz Download the Orion Agriscience App ORION AGRISCIENCE A LEADING SUPPLIER OF CROP PROTECTION PRODUCTS. PROUDLY SUPPORT WHOLESALE SEEDS AGRISCIENCE Orion: Reputation for exceptional agronomy A proud supplier to Westpac Champion Business Awards inalist Wholesale Seeds, Orion Agriscience is pleased to support the agronomy services provider to achieve the exceptional customer experience that has seen it recognised amongst a record number of entries from highly adaptive, responsive, and innovative local organisations. Wholesale Seeds began as a product supply company in 2007 and has grown its reputation for exceptional agronomy. To meet customer demand for specialised advice and hands-on services, the business formalised its agronomy o ering in 2021 with the creation of a new company, Catalyst Performance Agronomy. Catalyst Performance Agronomy works side by side with farmers in their ields, delivering tailored agronomy advice and products to help them to crow crops that deliver great commercial results. Orion Agroscience provides Catalyst Performance Agronomy with crop protection products and agronomic advice, delivering practical and e ective solutions to combat weed, disease, and pest problems in crops and pasture. “Catalyst Performance Agronomy has various levels of immersion with its clients and at the top level, they are pretty much running the paddocks,” says Orion Agriscience general manager Peter Westaway. “They are there to make sure the paddock is ready for sowing, they arrange the contractor to do the planting, every week they monitor the paddock for weed and disease control, and they are there for the harvest. They provide a professional, end to end service, and that’s why they were a inalist in the medium to large business Champion Customer Experience award.” Orion Agriscience has been providing generic chemistry to New Zealand’s agriculture industry for nearly 23 years. It has the largest number of chemical registrations of any New Zealand chemical company. Wholesale Seeds is one of the biggest customers and a very valuable partner to Orion Agriscience. Orion Agriscience key account manager Chris Johnston says his main focus at the moment is on the supply chain, with importing under pressure from Covid and the Winter Olympics in China closing its coal- ired factories for the next three months. Peter says he is proud of what Wholesale Seeds is achieving for its clients, with its ability to guarantee a certain performance o their land with the crop they want to grow. “That’s why they are growing, and other well-known companies are losing market share. Wholesale Seeds is dominating in terms of the forage market, and dairy farms and support farms are one of their strengths.”
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