SOUTH Australian farmers will have access to a new range of crop nutrition products following the opening today of two new innovative fertiliser coating and blending facilities.
Leroux Beyers, CEO of Superfert Dongbu, announced that the company, which supplies farmers with new nutrient efficient and standard fertilisers, has expanded its business and launched two new distribution centres in Portland, Victoria, and Port Adelaide, South Australia.
The distribution centres use state-of-the-art technology to accurately coat and blend nutrients and trace elements such as zinc and copper onto individual fertiliser granules.
“This is a big investment in new technology - it is a first for the market in Eastern Australia. This means our Superfert agents can now take orders from farmers and deliver high quality products to meet their specific agronomic needs,” Mr Beyers said.
Superfert Dongbu’s new infrastructure has been specifically tailored to meet an industry demand for fertilisers with improved agronomic efficiency and greater precision in nutrient delivery.
“Our coating technologies are unique in Australia. The equipment has outloading capacities of around 200 tonnes per hour meaning a fast turnaround time for farmers” he said.
The investment in the new facilities will also enable product development opportunities which will support their existing high-nutrient efficient compound fertiliser range such as ‘Thumper’ and ‘Victory’.
“Thumper and Victory are a popular choice for farmers because they are able to meet more of the crop’s nutritional needs in one application,” Mr Ian Grant, National Product Development Manager said.
Thumper provides crops with a highly-efficient, cost-effective and balanced source of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Sulphur - all in the one granule.
“Thumper, which is designed for use on cereal and oilseed crops, helps optimise crop production and minimise potential yield penalties” he said.
“We also offer Victory, which is an exclusive compound fertiliser to Superfert, making it another highly efficient Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulphur fertiliser.”
In addition to these product enhancements, the new facilities also allow the most accurate and even fungicide application.
“The new facilities can also be used to coat fungicide on fertiliser and achieve 100 per cent coverage to help prevent diseases” Mr Grant said.
Superfert Dongbu’s Portland and Adelaide distribution centres are operated by highly experienced operators trained to deliver a quality product.
“We understand that these fertilisers and fungicides are a huge budget expense and so have developed products which are more efficient, require less per ha and are better utilised by the plant.”
This aligns with our environmental stewardship approach for farmers to get better utilisation of products and eliminate overuse and loss to the environment,”
“Our products are all about offering the farmers greater flexibility - we encourage farmers to become more efficient and develop a tailored nutrient stewardship system using soil testing to ensure correct nutrient requirements are met’, Mr Grant said.
“We are confident we offer farmers the right products with agronomic integrity with flow on benefits in terms of profitability, sustainability and environmental performance.”
