106 | Demand for their services soaring Sue Russell Jackson Spreading is a family-owned and operated spreading business based out of Ashburton. Jon’s parents Dusty (Alan) and Alison bought the business in 2013, with Jon and wife Anna joining the business a year later. There’s a strong rhythm to the yearly activity with down-time over winter affording opportunity to undertake maintenance and rest up a little before demand for their services soars again. “This is our ninth year and we’ve gone from one truck to where we are now, with four spreaders, a Spikey machine and a bulk carrier. We don’t want to get to a corporate size where people are just numbers,” Jon says. And being at the mercy of the weather adds another big dimension to the daily offering, but Jon says in their time in business they’ve built up a fabulous client base and they understand Jon and the team are doing the best they can. “We can usually juggle things a bit to get everyone’s work done in the best possible time.” Jon has always carried a strong desire to work better, smarter and to find ways to give back to the industry he believes in and this year he received the Keith Andrews Trucks Innovation Award at the Groundspread New Zealand industry awards held in Wellington in July. Jon was nominated by his local Groundspread Assn Chair Hamish Woolsey. The award recognised Jon’s pioneering tenacity and determination to improve on a technology (The Spikey), which detects and treats urine patches reducing nitrate leaching into soil, created by Rotorua based Pastoral Robotics Ltd in a way that would mean the equipment could be used effectively on large areas of land and could be readily taken up by There’s a strong rhythm to the yearly activity with down-time over winter affording opportunity to undertake maintenance. RURAL SERVICES » Jackson Spreading QUALITY - ENGAGEMENT - SUSTAINABILITY For NEWMEMBER enquiries, head to: www.groundspreadnz.com For General Inquiries, contact 027 214 1790 | eo@groundspreadnz.com Supporting primary industry from the ground up since 1956. NEVER HAS THERE BEEN AMORE IMPORTANT TIME FOR A STRONG COLLECTIVE VOICE. JOIN NEWZEALAND’S LEADING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION FOR GROUND-BASED NUTRIENT APPLICATION. LEAD - PROMOTE - ENHANCE To learn more about the BIGFOOT CENTRAL TYRE INFLATION SYSTEM visit WWW.BIGFOOT.CO.NZ TM Monster any surface with Bigfoot! Made right here in NZ, the Bigfoot Central Tyre In ation System is your best bet for in-cab tyre pressure control so you can achieve more traction, more of the time. Tread lightly and stay sure-footed with a Bigfoot on board. Talk to Graham and the boys now about turning your spreader or tractor into a traction beast: 07 347 7066 or info@bigfoot.co.nz
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