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Inside this issue:
Pg 1 Drought broken
Pg 1 Dr Greg Tate retired
Pg 2 Nitrogen Efficiency
Pg 3 Green grass in a drought
Pg 3 Hauraki Plains Hemp
Pg 3 The EF Maize Block
Pg 4 Fluoridation
Pg 5 Farming controversies
Pg 5 Thoughts to ponder
Pg 6 Why foliar spray
The drought is broken and
pasture growth. EF fertilisers are
with the rain here there will
soil and microbe friendly, improving
be a scramble for fertiliser.
your soil's microbial balance, natural
nitrogen-fixing and microbial-cycling
HOW WILL YOU MANAGE YOUR
ability, sequestering atmospheric
AUTUMN PASTURE GROWTH?
carbon dioxide and manufacturing
More urea for instant green, high-
humus to house more microbes, build
nitrogen, watery pasture your stock will
topsoil and increase nutritive value of
negatively react to or will you consider
pasture to stock.
the livestock under your feet? The
beneficial bacteria, fungi, protozoa,
Our fertilisers are inoculated with
nematodes, insects, mites and
beneficial microbes (Azotobacter,
earthworms that are your natural soil
Bacillus and Pseudomonas bacterial
workforce, eager to supply a balanced
species, Trichoderma and mycorrhizal
diet of plant-available nutrients such
fungal species) and composted which
as nitrogen, calcium, magnesium,
adds greater fertility-building value by
phosphorus, potassium, sodium for
promoting humus creation in soil and
Continued on page 2 >
Dr Greg Tate has Retired SAVE
Greg made a life-change;
paradigm and never been more
he left a life of researching
satisfied with my work. I just wish
I had known all this 30 years ago."
plant pathology and
Greg's last day was the 19th of April,
entered the world of
building soil fertility when
and we had a few of his valued friends
he began working with
and clients over for a bbq to see him
off. He will be moving to Turangi.
Environmental Fertilisers
"It's not the seaside, but lakeside is
Add EF Humates
around 7 years ago.
the next best thing".
@ 5% and reduce your
Greg has enjoyed improving soil
Greg has been a real asset to the
fertility and escaping the "conventional
company and he will be sorely missed.
Environmental Fertilisers Autumn 2013 Newsletter #06
Drought broken
providing nutrients for plant growth.
Both free-living Azotobacter and
clover-nodule Rhizobium bacteria fix
free nitrogen from the atmosphere.
Pseudomonas bacteria and mycorrhizal
fungi solubilise locked-up inorganic
phosphate, store calcium, build soil
structure and sequester atmospheric
carbon into soil humus – key things
that conventional fertilisers do not
support. EF Biological Fertilisers house,
protect and feed beneficial microbes
and contain plant-available nutrients
that are not subject to leaching or
greenhouse gas emissions. Biological fertilisers, by drastically
reducing nitrogen inputs, also replace
the need for nitrogen or nutrient
budgeting required by some councils.
This imposition on farmers is a direct
result of the increasing inputs of urea
over the last few decades which has
seen soil carbon levels, soil health
and water quality plummet and stock
health problems escalate. Our safe
alternative to urea is Bio Rocket.
Nitrogen Efficiency – Reducing
Soil microbes can build new topsoil
and deliver nutrients free to your
pasture if you look after them, while
your Nitrogen/Urea bill by half
chemical fertilisers and herbicides
degrade soils and discourage or kill
microbes. Some signs of a degraded
With nitrification inhibitors
Fertilisers had been working on the
soil are compaction, poor root
like DCD gone, what are the high cost issue and have secured the
penetration, reduced earthworm
rights to the same product (Soluble
numbers, runoff, drought-proneness,
options for farmers using
Humate Granules). We now have it
inactive clover nodules, weed
synthetic nitrogen like
available on the market for $600/
infestation, increased pesticide usage
Urea, Sulphate of Ammonia tonne (saving $1900/tonne). This has
and high vet bills.
significant cost savings by reducing
the on farm costs of nitrogen
Your soil is your
The answer has been out for over 10
applications in excess of 50%.
greatest farm asset. years, for some reason a leading soil
Environmental Fertilisers have also
scientist from a prominent university
developed a urea/humate mix and is
in New Zealand did some trials with
applied at reduced rate of 40-60% of
Our message to you is this: persist with
soluble humate granules mixed with
normal nitrogen applications.
a biological soil fertility programme if
a nitrogen source. The results were
The key to any nitrogen application is
you want long term farm sustainability.
outstanding: 30-40% reduction in
to apply the nitrogen with a carbon
Don't be tempted by cheaper fertiliser
ammonia volatilisation and a 35-40%
source. And this carbon source needs
mixes; as the saying goes, ‘you get
reduction in nitrate-nitrogen leaching.
to be soluble like Urea is when you
what you pay for'.
These figures basically meant a farmer/
put it into a bucket of water, so don't
Don't leave it too late, with
grower using this technology could
get fooled by those selling Humate
halve his nitrogen bill. The only issue
Powders (they are very slow release
the rain here it could get
with this technology was the cost of
and they are not capable of giving
really mucky! Contact
the soluble humate granules, (cost
the same benefits that a soluble
Environmental Fertilisers for $2500/tonne and the recommended
humate can especially with Nitrogen
your autumn requirements
mixing rate was 5-10%- which basically
on 0800 867 6737.
increased the cost of each nitrogen
application by $125-$250/tonne of
There are huge benefits here for the
farmer/grower financially and also
environmentally. There are a number
Over the Christmas break and into the
of soil health benefits that come with
early parts of this year Environmental
adopting this technology.
Environmental Fertilisers Autumn 2013 Newsletter #06
Green grass in a drought
Fertilisers
Was one of the comments on
facebook about Sundaise Festival
"And how is it there
Maize Block
is green grass there
held on Rachel Sorley's farm at Dickey
Flat, Waihi, on the 9th & 10th of March.
when there is none
Could it be the benefits of feeding
in the rest of the
the soil with Environmental Fertiliser's
products?! This is with only 54mm of
rainfall this year.
Grant Paton planted out an old,
very depleted maize block with
the following mix:
The same mix as went on the Hemp
Crop (below), plus 1kg/ha BioVam and
1kg/ha Combo 12. The starter fertiliser
was only surface applied due to time
Highland cow grazing 3 days after Sundaise
constraints, but the results! The local
Festival where over 1000 people have been
contractor is suggesting we have
walking through that entrance archway.
yields 40-50% above the regional
average – on only 50mm of rain.
Hauraki Plains We finally harvested the crop and dried It appears that the Hemp uniforms act
the seed and have harvested 750kh/ha
as a disease suppressant.
Hemp Crop
of seed, we plan to extract the oil from
this seed and then market it, as it will
While the industry is very young in
be the first North Island grown Hemp
New Zealand it has huge potential
in the health, building and clothing
This summer we decided to
Oil for sale in New Zealand.
trial growing a hemp crop
Next year we plan to harvest the fibre
on some very flogged out
and herd from the plant, however this
year with the soil being in very poor
condition we have decided to put all
The marine clay had been experiencing
this fibre back into the ground.
diminishing maize yields and returns
over the last 5 years to the point where
Hemp Oil is one of the most beneficial
the land owner wasn't prepared to risk
oils for human health, having an
(financially) another crop of green feed
ideal omega 6 to omega 3 ratio even
superior to olive oil and avocado oil.
So after a few home brew rums we
Only Hemp Seed Oil contains-
came up with a lease agreement
a. Omega6,Omega3 and GLA
and plan.
(gamma linoleic acid- 2.5-3%
With a Reams Soil test and Lismore
Soil test results in hand we applied a 14
b. 75-80% polyunsaturated fatty
tonne per ha fertiliser mix comprising
acids which is the highest in
of 10 tonne/ha of compost and 4
the plant kingdom and unique
tonnes/ha of minerals, comprising of
amongst seed oils.
paramagnetic rock dust, Soil Force,
Soil Conditioner, trace minerals,
The Chinese grow in excess of
microbial feeds and microbial
100,000ha of hemp a year, and a
inoculations (Bio-Vam, 10/25 and
recent trial with military troops going
into adverse battle conditions, clearly
showed that the troops with hemp
After obtaining a license for
clothing/uniforms didn't suffer the
growing Hemp, we proceeded to
skin disease that the troops dressed in
plant and learn.
Environmental Fertilisers Autumn 2013 Newsletter #06
Fluoridation of water
supplies and toothpaste
Based on wrongly-
enzyme disrupter of all elements. It
Auckland, studied the effect of
interpreted observations
poisons enzymes by tenaciously binding
fluoridation worldwide (including NZ),
by ‘health professionals';
to the trace elements essential to their
and found no evidence it reduced
function, thereby blocking their action. In
dental caries. He recanted his stance on
a waste-product disposal
this way it shuts down 71 known enzyme-
fluoridation. But big industry (including
solution, and profit for the
catalysed reactions in humans, plants
Health) has a powerful influence on
aluminium and phosphate
and animals.
Government and his findings fell by the wayside. Paradigms are powerful and
industries.
Worse, fluorine is a gene poison (is
people will sincerely believe a lie if they
mutagenic) at the doses administered
hear it enough times from authorities.
in water supplies so that normal healthy
The children of Deaf Smith County
gene expression is disrupted. During the
To make matters worse, aluminium
(Texas, USA) were found in the early
second WW Hitler had his scientists hunt
is added to water supplies to
1950's to have significantly lower tooth
down an odourless drug that could be
remove turbidity and added to most
decay than other areas, and the ground
unobtrusively added to German water
pharmaceutical drugs and cosmetics like
water to have higher than normal fluoride
supplies to make them more docile and
antiperspirants. Aluminium is a human
content. Following an investigation by the
open to suggestion. Chemists at IG
toxin which suppresses boron and
American Dental and Health authorities
Farben came up with sodium fluoride,
yttrium, both with essential functions
it was concluded that the fluoride in the
which at very low doses produces a
(B for Ca uptake and Ca, Mg and P
water (about 1 ppm) was responsible for
marked weakening of the will to resist
metabolism; Yttrium for absorption and
the low incidence of tooth decay, hence
domination. This was also used in
distribution of Selenium, essential for
the fluoridation of all drinking water
concentration camps to keep prisoners
cancer prevention). Aluminium plus
supplies in the USA began. We in NZ are
fluoride in your body are a recipe for
also recipients of this decision since NZ
Alzheimer's disease, an increasingly
Dental and Health authorities generally
Richard Olree, an American chiropractor
prevalent disease in older NZer's and a
uphold their conclusion as ‘settled
and geneticist declares fluoride a
truly horrible disease to inflict on any
science'. But was it good science and is
serious poison which also binds lithium,
crucial for emotional stability. Prozac, a pharmaceutical drug arose from the
What can you do about stopping
Famous American soil scientist Dr William
German experience with fluoridation. It
fluoridation of our drinking water
Albrecht explained the ‘correlation'.
is fluorine-based and renders kids and
supplies? Go to the Fluoride Action
Fluorine in soil is highly active and
adults with neurological disorders docile.
Network NZ (inc) www.fannz.org.nz. You
soluble and rapidly leaches into ground
If iodine levels are low (very common)
can find out if your water is fluoridated
water supplies, leaving the calcium and
fluoride displaces iodine in the thyroid
phosphate-rich apatite rock to release
gland. This results in hypothyroidism and
these plant nutrients to crops which
a need for thyroxin supplementation in
provided mineral-rich, superior nutrition
people taking Prozac.
Ref: Minerals for the Genetic Code by
for families in the area. The result:
Charles Waters, Acres USA.
reduced incidence of tooth decay.
In 1980, when fluoridation here was dividing the population ‘for and against',
John Lee, a physician, found that fluorine,
dental authority John Colquhoun,
the lightest and most reactive of the halides (Cl, Br, I, Fl), is the most potent
Environmental Fertilisers Autumn 2013 Newsletter #06
Recent farming Thoughts
controversies to ponder
Burning 1ha of grasslands creates
worse pollution than 6000 cars.
Did the culling of 40,000 elephants in
a National Park help reduce the rate
If you read the recent Straight Furrow and Coast
of desertification. A- No it actually
and Country newspapers you will have read
accelerated it.
the claims and counter-claims regarding DCD's
A team of International Scientists
usefulness in reducing nitrification and the loss
came to the conclusion that Natural
Desertification of National Parks in
of N by leaching and atmospheric emissions.
America was a result of – "Unknown
Your position on this issue will depend
Phyllis Tichinin is to be congratulated
Mimicking nature and correct
on your farming paradigm. If it's a
for standing up for the truth about
management with animals resulted
conventional chemical farming paradigm
sustainable soil management and
in a 400% increase in productivity.
the loss of DCD will be a nuisance and
deleterious farming practices like
you won't be too concerned about
heavy N use which shuts down the
Would the elimination of burning fossil
‘toxin' build-up in the soil. ‘Just collateral
N cycle, depletes soil carbon and
fuels stop climate change – No it won't
damage we can live with. After all we
necessitates industry ‘band-aids' like
because there is a bigger dynamic at
don't really know much how soil works,
DCD and Nitrogen Budgeting to save
and chemicals like Roundup are so useful
our environment. Nitrogen budgeting
for spraying out pastures. ‘Also, scientists
wouldn't be necessary under a biological
Anything that digests lignin will
can be trusted to look after our soils,
paradigm, which greatly reduces
produce methane; so stop blaming the
right?' Yeah right!
synthetic N inputs.
cow, soil microorganisms will also do it.
The problem is that soil is a complex
Dr Phillip Schofield (soil scientist)
With cattle and a healthy living soil the
living system that is affected by chemical
has spoken against unsustainable
methane will be broken down to carbon
inputs like Roundup, pesticides and
conventional farming practices and Dr
and water by soil micro-organisms.
acid chemical fertilisers. Any input that
Frank Rowson (veterinarian) on the evils
upsets the natural biological balance in
of Roundup as a soil, plant, animal and
Livestock are critical at restoring
the soil affects the nitrogen, carbon and
human toxin.
desertified soils; look at the great
other cycles mediated by microbes, and
Grant Paton is to be congratulated for
migrations of the wilder beast and the
ultimately, soil health and productivity.
lifting the lid on GMO feedstuffs in dairy
The ‘biological farming' paradigm
farming as well as GMO chicken feed
understands the critical importance of
and chicken manure. GMO contaminated
Two new studies released in late March
beneficial microbes and the soil food
animal feed should not be allowed into
add to the solid body of
web to soil health and productivity and
the country under any condition. But
scientific evidence showing
farming sustainability (the in-word used
those who should be protecting us have
that common pesticides are
directly harming bees.
even by the least-sustainable industry
been quietly approving their importation.
The insecticides in the
participants to sell their products).
GMO feeds are endorsed by Fonterra,
science, industry, EPA and Government.
latest studies, neonicotnoids
I fully embraced the biological farming
I find it amusing that Fonterra is now
+ cournaphos, scramble the
paradigm after 35 years of being
giving priority to Farming Sustainability.
circuits of bees brains. This
blinkered by conventional university
Also, MPI is investing $1.6M into
leaves them unable to learn,
training and R&D funding by chemical
greenhouse gas research. Mitigation
smell or remember.
companies. The amazing thing is
research no doubt, with no thought of
that it took 35 years for me to see the
prevention by investigating the effect of
truth. That's the power of paradigms.
biological agriculture practices on GH
International soil nutrition experts like
Gas emissions, or the storage of carbon
Arden Andersen are bad-mouthed by
under permanent pasture.
NZ conventional ‘experts' like Doug
Edmeades who strongly repudiates his
Grant's comments on halving urea costs
by mixing soluble humate granules could
teachings, but I thank God for Arden
Environmental Fertilisers
significantly help to reduce greenhouse
and others like Elaine Ingham who come
has secured the rights
gas emissions (but this would affect
here to share their expertise and put us
to a superior very fine
fertiliser company profits). All who
onto a truly sustainable track.
blow the whistle on environmentally-
micronised basalt rock
damaging, non-sustainable farming
dust that has been selling
practices are to be congratulated. The
for $350/tonne. At the
list of biological farmers is growing, and
moment we are selling it
so is the number of professionals who
have changed their stance to biological
for $80/tonne.
farming and are speaking out.
Environmental Fertilisers Autumn 2013 Newsletter #06
Why Foliar
Spray Pasture?
Haven't I enough to do
without having to follow
• What you apply should be based
• Foliage Ca, B, P & Mg at luxury levels
my cows around with a
on a leaf (pasture) analysis and leaf
maximises photosynthesis, yield and
spray rig?
sap brix levels. If levels of key minor
nutrients are deficient both leaf
• Include a natural chelator/plant
WELL, THE FACTS ARE:
sap brix (sugar levels) and disease immunity will fall.
growth stimulant like fulvic and
• Foliar feeding is 8-20 times more
efficient than feeding via the roots.
• But, soil must be balanced to supply
• Avoid hot days and the six days prior
80% of the product will reach its
the 20% of pasture energy needs that
target compared with only 10-30%
come from the soil. The other 80% is
when soil applied. That's why high
solar energy from the sun.
• Anionic spraying in spring can lift
value crops are regularly foliar-fed
• And, the best result depends on
milk production and cash flow.
during the season.
adequate Ca-availability to pasture
• Foliar spray to offset soil nutrient
• Yields and sugar levels can be
(2000-3000 kg/ha). Get your Reams
imbalances while they are being
boosted by correcting nutrient
deficiencies before losses are
• Apply via hollow cone nozzles ideally,
but rose nozzles will do if blockage is
EF FOLIARS:
• Huge leverage is possible with small
Combinations of these are used for
inputs; ie, very cost effective.
• The spray mixture pH should be close
different crops and situations; eg,
• Even conventional farmers are using
to pH 7; conductivity 1.5-3 micro
Humus Builder, Nitro Cal and Vegetative
this technique to advantage to grow
or anionic mineral mixes for pasture
grass. Biological farmers commonly
• Apply at critical stages to avoid
spraying; Reproductive for inducing
use this technique.
chlorosis, eg crops: 3rd to 6th leaf
flowering/fruitset.
stage and 2 weeks prior to flowering.
• EF ACE (fulvic acid)
• Purchase a sprayer designed for the
• Liquid Bio Char
job. Herbicide sprayers often do a poor job.
• EF Cal Phos (for calcium and
• Apply to recovered pasture preferably
in early morning or evenings.
• EF Cal Bor (for boron)
• EF Vegetative
• EF Humus Builder
• EF Reproductive
• EF Liquid Kelp
• EF Bio Cal (micronised calcite)
• EF Chelates (such as iron, zinc,
manganese, selenium)
Our Motto
To maintain and
Healthy soil, healthy
grow your soil health
pasture/crops, healthy
& productivity,
animals, healthy
1 Railway Street, Paeroa,
pasture & crop yields
Waikato, New Zealand
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