| 89 Nick started his contracting business aged 18. RURAL SERVICES » Nick Wilson Contracting With an exclusively John Deere fleet of tractors, all are running GreenStar precision ag technology for lower input costs, higher yields, and greater efficiencies. Nick chooses John Deere tractors for their reliability and a friendly and comprehensive support service from the local Southland Farm Machinery. Nick Wilson Contracting is running strip tillage equipment as this system works well with the harsh winters in South Otago and Northern Southland. Combining fertilisation, sub-soiling, hoeing, and seeding into a one-pass technology, strip tilling only cultivates the soil where the plant is actually planted, reducing the passes required on a paddock, speeding up cultivation time, reducing erosion, and preserving moisture levels. The reduction of work required on strip tilled paddocks means the soil structure is well- maintained for spring cultivation. “The results speak for themselves,” Nick says. “We’ve precision planted fodder beet, swedes, sunflowers, we’ve even sown some hemp. Whatever someone can dream up, we’ll plant it.” Nick says there is nothing Nick Wilson Contracting can’t do, from cultivation to wintering barns to effluent ponds. He sees some tough times for in the industry over the next few years and says due to sharply rising prices, the upgrade of machinery is going to be a huge issue somewhere along the line. “We haven’t been able to charge our end user because they can’t pay for it either. But things will come right, and we owe our continued successful operation to these past and present clients.” “I made a bit and carried on reinvesting back into the business and that’s how we got to where we are now, with 14 tractors, three diggers, a bulldozer and grader, and six really good permanent full-time staff..” Agricultural parts • P.T.O - New parts & repairs • Hy hose making • On-farm servicing & hydraulic repairs • Workshop repairs on a wide range of agricultural & industrial machinery • General engineering PROUDLY SUPPORTING NICKWILSON CONTRACTING 027 5232 111 / 03 208 6895 waimeatt2019ltd@outlook.com No call out fee 24 hr / 7 day service CP HYDRAULICS HYDRAULIC SERVICING & HOSE REPAIR SPECIALIST CARD ACCEPTED HERE Proud supplier of hydraulic parts to Nick Wilson Contracting Chris Parish 021 274 9372 18 Racecourse Road, Gore.
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