Soil
Marg was raised on a dairy and sheep farm near Hamilton and started her career in the dairy industry at Ruakura Research Centre (now Innovation Park). Having researched mastitis, including work at Louisiana State University USA, and worked on optimal dairy performance through nutrition, she is now enjoying her work with Kiwi Fertiliser following the methods of Dr William Albrecht and working with Neal Kinsey to improve soil fertility, maximise DM yields and provide sustainability of the land in N.Z.
Marg and her husband Pete own a dairy farm at Otorohanga and have experienced first hand the benefits of the Kiwi Fertiliser way and can see huge benefits from the farmer perspective in terms of feed produced on farm, animal health, cost savings and meeting environmental requirements.
Alastair, originally from Gisborne, grew up in northern Hawkes Bay and went to school in Napier. He developed an interest in Agriculture from a young age helping his dad who was a sheep and beef farmer and contractor. He’s been involved with soil fertility since late 2009 and has completed all of Neal Kinsey’s training courses. He’s passionate about helping farmers achieve the best from their soil, pasture, and animals using Albrecht science. Alastair is based in Taupo and is available to service farmers in the Central North Island area.
Gerald is based in Waitetuna, Raglan and was born and raised in Te Aroha on a Dairy Farm.
After leaving the farm, Gerald worked in Factory Management for about 25 years before answering the call to return to some land.
He joined the Fertiliser industry and still enjoys helping farmers grow more grass and increase fertility and profitability across all areas of farming.
Gerald joined Kiwi Fertiliser in February 2012 and has since completed Introductory Training as well as Advanced 1 and 2 Training programs with Neal Kinsey on the Albrecht Model of Soil Fertility. Area covered is mostly the Greater Waikato.
David was raised on a dairy farm in the Edgecumbe area and was milking and contracting from a young age. He ran the family farm as a 50/50 sharemilker for 30 years, starting with 180 cows and progressing to 550 cows as more land was purchased. He also reared beef, experimented with different feeding options, and project managed the building of a new 52-bale Rotary cowshed on the property. In 2012 he made the decision to make a change in direction and do what he has always longed to do “drive round in a car and talk to people”.
David is extremely passionate about the biological approach to farming, and became Kiwi Fertiliser’s first client back in 2002, thus experiencing first-hand the excellent results that are achieved by following the Albrecht system.
David currently operates his own business, Forward Farming Consultancy Ltd, where he specialises in Fertiliser (working as part of the Kiwi Fertiliser team), Effluent Management (NZ Distributor for Slurry Bugs), and General Farm Consultancy.
Sam was raised on dairy farms in Northland and grew up in Ruawai. After leaving school Sam worked on various farms before joining the Northern Wairoa Dairy Company. During this time he studied Dairy Technology at Massey University.
Sam and his wife Linda travelled extensively in 2016 where they went through South America, Europe, and the top parts of Australia.
While overseas Sam realised his passion for agriculture and in particular the Ecological farming methods taught by Neal Kinsey from the USA.
Sam is available for service from the northern Waikato region to Cape Reinga and looks forward to helping farmers improve soil health, pasture production, and profits.
Brett's farming experience includes several years in Australia being involved with wheat, linseed and other cereals, cotton, and tobacco cropping. In NZ his involvement was with mixed cropping, dairying, and various horticultural crops including kiwifruit, berry fruit and flower growing. Brett has had many years in the agricultural sector, including the Valuation Department and Department of Maori Affairs. When he left government employment, he carried on with running the businesses of large Maori trust farms, mostly on marginal land. The properties were mostly developed into dairy farms, but also included maize cropping and other activities. It was here that he learned that so-called "conventional" farming practices were creating more problems than they solved; fertiliser use being at the core of most problems. Brett has also sucessfully grown tamarillos and passionfruit organically and has had a stint as an OANZ inspector. He has attended many alternative agricultural workshops and courses in NZ, Australia, and the USA. Brett is at 55f McLean Rd, RD 3, Whakatane 3193.
Kiwi Fertiliser Company Limited was formed as a result of declining results, particularly with pastures, kiwifruit and avocado’s. However the work we do is not limited to these crops as our programme works with ALL crops, trees and vines.
We work exclusively with Kinsey Agricultural Services of Missouri USA with soil audits conducted by Perry Agricultural Laboratory also of Missouri USA.
Currently we have five years of solid results behind us that has proved to us the Base Saturation theory of Dr William Albrecht. Albrecht was born in 1888 and died in 1974, at the age of 86. He was Emeritus Professor of Soils at the University of Missouri and his work has been diligently continued and taught by Neal Kinsey of Kinsey Agricultural Services Missouri USA, who audit soil globally. The programme works exceedingly well here in NZ.
As General Manager of Kiwi Fertiliser I am proud to champion and lead a team of talented soil fertility advisors who are well educated in their field of expertise.
“The race to the bottom” is a lousy goal; our goal is to change agriculture in New Zealand for the better. We know how to do this, and are producing nutrient dense pasture, crops and food fit for consumption by animals and humans.
The Albrecht/Kinsey system of soil fertility provides the results to previously unknown answers - we work with great clients who want to join “The race to the top”.