56 | RURAL SERVICES » Groundspread NZ Raising the groundspread profile in NZ Groundspread NZ members have been early adapters of technology as evidenced in creating the Spreadmark scheme. Sue Russell • to page 57 graymont.com 0800 245 463 Call us today For all your Lime and Limestone requirements • Agricultural Lime • Hydrated Lime • Quicklime • Calcimate • Aggregates • Landscape Chip GRAYMONT Work smarter Manage jobs, reduce admin and capture all revenue TotalVision records all your work orders, leaving nothing behind. With all the tools you need rolled into one, you'll spread, report and invoice Talk to our team today (formerly TracMap) www.tabula.live 0800 482 285 Proudly supporting Groundspread NZ For Rose Hyslop, Executive Officer of Groundspread NZ, taking up the role in September 2021, has meant further engagement with a sector she was already familiar with. Rose and her husband Nick actually own and operate their own Groundspreading business near Oamaru. Since taking up the busy role, Rose says her eyes have really been opened to just how passionate members of Groundspread NZ are about taking care of the environment, ensuring that there is no room for any waste of precious resources. “My membership are dedicated to the environment and actively doing their part to reduce any impact that their business may have on it, this group is passionate about the environment and supporting their rural clients in meeting increasing regulation in the sector.” Rose describes members and governance of Groundspread NZ as being full of amazing, really tech-savvy early adopters of technology, as evidenced in creating the Spreadmark nutrient placement scheme. Spreadmark spreading improvements are saving the primary sector $173m per annum (and increasing) through spreading cost savings and efficiencies. “Spreadmark is focused on the precision placement of fertilisers and the technology these days is so clever that we are treating pasture on a plant-by-plant level rather than the traditional paddock-by-paddock model.” As a small niche industry, a groundspreaders’ contribution to New Zealand’s pasture to plate journey can often go unrecognised and Rose says that raising the profile of her 115 members
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