| 121 by CP Lime Three ways to healthier soil High-quality nutrients, pelletised for accuracy – our most popular blends have been improving soils for over twenty years. Call us 0508 678 464 or visit cplimesolutions.net.nz to book your test and find out which one is right for your soil. Optimise Fine Magnesium Magnesium Carbonate CO3 95% Mg 27.5% CO3 72% S 19.6% Ca 28.8% CO3 26.5% S 19.1% Ca 9.1% N 12.3% Mg 1.1% Humates 3.6% Optimise Fine Lime Sulphur Calcium Carbonate and Elemental Sulphur CO3 95% Mg 27.5% CO3 72% S 19.6% Ca 28.8% CO3 26.5% S 19.1% Ca 9.1% N 12.3% Mg 1.1% Humates 3.6% Optimise Kickstart Calcium Carbonate, Magnesium Carbonate, Elemental Sulphur, Ammonium Sulphate and Humates CO3 95% Mg 27.5% CO3 72% S 19.6% Ca 28.8% CO3 26.5% S 19.1% Ca 9.1% N 12.3% Mg 1.1% Humates 3.6% Canterbury based C P Lime Solution is a specialist fertiliser and animal nutrition company. The company’s client farmers are reaping direct benefits from using their advanced fert and nutrition technologies, and one member of the team passionate about her work is Sarah Morgan. Sarah is one of two fertiliser staff in the field, visiting farmers throughout the region. “I love getting out there visiting farmers, talking to them about their soil needs, conducting soil tests and advising them as to the best blends we can specifically make for their farm. It’s wonderful to see them realising a little more knowledge about the soil and how they can achieve greater results and achieve the gains they’re striving for,” says Sarah. Educating farmers on how to interpret their soil tests is something she especially enjoys. C P Lime’s fine lime fertiliser Optimise™ was created out of a need by a kiwi farming family to solve a problem that many other farming operations were troubled with. Aglime and other nutrients being applied on high-country windy areas weren’t staying where they were supposed to, instead drifting to neighbouring properties - an expensive exercise and what was landing on the ground was taking a long time to breakdown and a long time to achieve the economic returns. Effort and money was quite literally blowing away in the breeze. The answer was to put a bit of kiwi ingenuity into action, think outside the square and create a new fertiliser technology in the form of a pelletised lime-based product delivering quick, effective and measurable results. Lime is ground to a very fine 70micron, increasing its surface area so more gets used. Then a secret process creates the uniform pellets that can be easily transported and applied evenly by truck or in the air. The compressed pellets spread and fall like most other granulated fertilisers and once they hit the ground, the pellets get to work straight away. And it is not just lime that can be delivered to pasture through the pellets. Other nutrients, such as sulphur and magnesium can be added at specific ratios that deliver farmers exactly what their soil requires for optimal performance. “It’s just an efficient technology in terms of delivery; typically ten times less volume of lime is needed, making it much better for cash flow. One truck load, compared to ten. The cost-savings for hill-country farmers can be as much as two-thirds and it significantly reduces flying time.” Sarah says the recommendation she gives farmers is to use Optimise™ every 12 to 18 months or so, to maintain pasture at peak condition, eliminating the need to dig deep into the pocket every five years or so to blast the pasture with large doses in order to regain fertility. And if it’s clover production that hill country farmers are driving, then using Optimise lime combined with elemental sulphur is a perfect combination. “Calcium should be front of mind when considering an annual fertiliser ingredient and lime is made up of calcium. All other minerals are piggy-backed by calcium to be taken up by the plant.” Sarah also recommends using Optimise™ on an annual or bi-annual basis as a vehicle for sulphur applications and for maintaining soil pH. Getting the plane booked for an Optimise lime and sulphur application over the drier summer months is not only a great time saver with less flying hours, it is definitely a great cost saver too! A bit of kiwi ingenuity
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