| 35 Making the right moves at the right time Richard Loader RURAL SOLUTIONS » Advance Agriculture While Advance Agriculture has progressively grown and evolved to meet the needs of the farming community over the last 21 years, what has remained constant is its founding values of experience, service and commitment, which remain just as relevant today as they did in 2001. Celebrating its 21st birthday in September this year, Advance Agriculture was established as an independent agrichemical and spray equipment supply company when the founders saw an opportunity for a new company to make a real difference for farmers. Founded in Gore, the company built enduring relationships with valued suppliers and farmers of the region, developing a respected reputation for knowledge, service and products. In 2007, the company’s growth took a leap into the agricultural seed market when it purchased Invercargill company Independent Pastoral Services (IPS), allowing the company to start mixing its own speci c pasture seeds to meet its clients’ requirements and offer a greater variety of cereal and winter forage options. The purchase of IPS complemented the agrichemical side of the business, enabling Advance Agriculture to deliver a complete package of services to its growing portfolio of clients. In 2016, due to the increase in demand from both clients and contractors, a workshop was established at the Gore branch to service the diverse range of agricultural spray equipment sold by the business. • to page 37 The Advance Agriculture Lorneville site has two seed mixers and three times as much storage capacity as the former site. PAUL JOHNSTON, ST ANDREWS “A nice healthy plant - green from start to finish.” “iblon is a fantastic fungicide that gives you so much persistence throughout the growing season.” ROSCOE TAGGART, NORTH CANTERBURY “The yield increase was quite substantial with VIMOY iblon.” ERIC WATSON, WAKANUI VIMOY iblon and Prosaro are registered pursuant to the ACVM Act 1997, Nos. P9617 and P7662 respectively and are approved pursuant to the HSNO Act 1996, Nos. HSR101374 and HSR007871 respectively. VIMOY®, iblon® and Prosaro® are registered trademarks of the Bayer Group. © Bayer Crop Science 2022. BAC 2479 We’re with you in the field cropscience.bayer.co.nz/VIMOYiblon Powerful foliar disease control. Consistently higher yields. • VIMOY® iblon® provides superior disease control in wheat, barley, triticale and ryegrass seed crops • Convenient and flexible fungicide which allows you to design your most effective disease control programme by combining with other fungicides such as Prosaro® • Superior disease control means crops stay cleaner and greener for longer, delivering higher yields and increased profit • Locally developed under NZ conditions for NZ farmers and supported by the Bayer field team Insist on VIMOY iblon from Bayer.
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