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.
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
Gerry Strange
Gerry is Based in Waihi, Bay of Plenty.
He has been dairy farming for over 35 years in the Thames Valley and Waihi areas. Gerry also noted that farming was becoming less enjoyable as animal health and pasture quality problems became worse.
Prior to leaving farming in 2016 Gerry found Kiwi Fertiliser and the Albrecht/Kinsey soil fertility system. It turned so many lightbulbs on, he just had to find out more. The more he investigated how everything is connected, the more attracted he was. The links between soil biology, physical structure and chemistry explained so much more than soil chemistry alone.
From 2016 he worked with farm consultant David Law, learning about the Albrecht/Kinsey soil fertility system, effluent management, and biological farming.
By 2018 Gerry became a full-time soil fertility consultant with Kiwi Fertiliser.
As a complement to this role, he carries out on-farm visual soil assessments, and deep soil core samples to 1.2m. These samples are used to demonstrate how deep plant roots are capable of penetrating when the conditions are right and to measure carbon sequestration. If the farmer so desires, this can become another income stream.
Gerry also assists with fertiliser deliveries and application of liquid products to ensure the farmer and contractor get the procedures correct when starting out on the Total Replacement Therapy applications. TRT is the patented program involving changing from a chemical system to a biological system. The program is used to drastically reduce synthetic nitrogen use whilst maintaining, if not increasing profitability, not to mention the environmental benefits.
Jacqui Morritt
0211205734
Jacqui Morritt is based in Northland where she is sharemilking. She was raised on the family farm in Awhitu and has experienced different farming systems and methods from NZ, USA, Switzerland and England.
She has completed her Diploma in Agriculture Business Management and Sustainable Nutrient Management course.
Jacqui is inspired to do her part for farmers in NZ and help farmers to get a return on their investment when it comes to fertiliser, soil biology and animal health. The Albrecht/Kinsey system of soil testing and fertility is using logical soil science to balance soil nutrient levels.
The cheapest investment on any land is a Perry Agricultural Lab soil test, and is the first step to understanding and improving your soil.
Get in touch with Jacqui if you would like to know more.