Brett Petersen
0274 549 442
0800 549 442
Brett is based in BOP. His farming experience includes several years in Australia being involved with wheat and other cereals, linseed, cotton, and tobacco. In NZ his involvement was with mixed cropping, dairying, and various horticultural crops including kiwifruit, berry fruit, avocado, 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 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.
- Diploma in Horticulture (with Distinction - Massey)
- Diploma in Agriculture (with Distinction - Lincoln)
- Diploma in Farm Management and Rural Valuation - (Lincoln)
- Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture (97% pass)
- Certificate of Freelance Journalism (with Merit)
- Senior Soil Fertility Consultant.
- Recently retired but still available when needed.
Alastair Dagg
0800 549 449
021 607 787
alastair.dagg@kiwifertiliser.co.nz
Alastair is based in Taupo and is available to service farmers in the Central North Island area. Originally from Gisborne, Alastair 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 many of Neal Kinsey’s training courses. He’s passionate about helping farmers achieve the best from their soil, pasture, and animals using Albrecht science.
David Law
0800 549 451
0274 909 896
David was raised on a dairy farm near Edgecumbe 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 change 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 also operates his own NZ-wide 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.
Bernard Lilburn
0632 484 542
0274 425 913
Bernard Lilburn has had a lifetime of living and working in the agricultural and rural community, so he understands how it all works. His working life started as a shepherd in both the North and South Island, before returning to the family farm, near Hunterville. The next phase of working life involved buying a local transport company in 1983 to complement the family farming enterprise. And so Bernard became a truck driver and, as the business grew, became an operator that transported everything rural and also people; a business that he still has today, with school buses contracted to the Ministry of Education.
Bernard returned to and went farming on his own account in 1987 – a great year to start! In 1990, the transport operation was contracted to move 3500 tons of Sechura RPR, imported from Peru, off the wharf in Wellington to a store near Marton. After transporting the product, he thought some should be applied to the property – on the worst ground. The results were spectacular, and he quickly became a convert. The property today still uses RPR based fertilisers.
In 1997, Bernard moved from the farm to a lifestyle block in the Manawatu. He has continued his involvement with the fertiliser industry, running the Mount View storage and distribution business near Marton that has been in existence since 1991. The best farming years have seen over 10,500 tons of product go through the Mt View Store, all custom blends for farming clients, requiring the need to employ a storeman.
Bernard now focuses on consulting to farmers, using experience and knowledge gained over 26 years of being in the fertiliser industry, covering an area from Wanganui through the Rangitikei and Manawatu down into the Horowhenua.
A consultation with this fertiliser specialist, in conjunction with soil audit information, will give you advice and a blend that fits your farm or requirement, not something off the price list or what the corporate head office tells him to sell.
One of the things that he finds amusing is dairy cockies tearing around dusting paddocks with magnesium at their busiest time of the year! Put it in the fertiliser – it’s cheaper, it’s there and saves time – and money. Fact.
Production = profit, and our aim is to increase your production without increasing costs.
Talk to Bernard for a different perspective.
Craig Stantiall
0274 472 040
Born and raised in the Rangitikei/Manawatu, Craig is very much a country man with farming in his blood. Educated at Feilding Agricultural High School he has been involved in many aspects of farming, from sheep & beef, dairy grazing, venison, to calf rearing. Currently living on a lifestyle block near Marton.
As Store Manager at our Mt View Store on SH1 near Marton, he has been involved in the fertilizer industry for 18 years now either spreading it, mixing it and as well as the logistics of carting products around the country. He knows his products well and most importantly is a soil adviser under the Kinsey Albrecht model. Under this model, farmers can improve productivity and profit while pushing back against climate change by increasing the carbon content (humus) in the soil. As much less applied nitrogen and phosphate is involved, water pollution is also reduced.
That is why Craig wants to tell more people about Sechura RPR as well as Dolomite and custom blends that Kiwi Fertiliser produce. He is very passionate about soil health and keeping soils productive.
A balanced soil is the key. Don't treat soil as dirt. Not sure what you need? A soil audit is the cheapest thing you can buy for the farm. Fact.
Tim Jerram