EP farmer Andrew Hentschke has had phenomenal results after using BS1000 wetter on his sandy rises, more than doubling yields in poorer areas.
He farms at Lock, cropping 2000 hectares annually, and runs sheep for crossbred lamb production.
The cropping program consists mainly of wheat, with 200ha of barley.
Sheep are an important part of the mix as Mr Hentschke uses a year-in, year-out program, rotating cereals with medic pastures for livestock.
He had serious concerns trying to get his non-wetting sandy ground to live up to its maximum potential.
While the flats were performing well, sandy rises were not.
Mr Hentschke started to use wetters after seeing results on his son's garden.
"My son Stuart said he was having issues getting his lawn to grow," he said.
"I'd heard on Jon Lamb's gardening program that wetters could help, so he gave it a try."
When Mr Hentschke was having problems with germination after seeding last year, he had a 'lightbulb moment'.
He used the wetter on his difficult sandy ground and said results were "outstanding".
Mr Hentschke used 20 litres across 20ha - a rate of 1L/ha.
"I put it out with about 5 millimetres of rain. Within 10 days it had all come up," he said.
"The results were good enough that I repeated it again this year, but across 300ha."
Mr Hentschke said it was easy to access and cost only $5/ha but he believed putting it out with rain was key to success.
"I don't think it is strong enough to stand much sunlight and I believe it would break down pretty quickly," he said.
"But I passionately believe that once it rains, the wetter goes in and penetrates, and it just keeps on absorbing.
"Once the moisture starts to penetrate it keeps the soil wet."
Mr Hentschke said since using it on non-wetting soils, yields on sandhills more than doubled.
He said it was a huge benefit for little cost or effort.
"The product only costs $5/L and 1L/ha rate works fine," he said.
"But, I really believe that if you're going to put it out, it has to be in the rain.
"You really want to make sure you're going to get 4-5mm, just to wash it in. And, you're generally not doing any other job when it's raining, so it's not a big effort."
Mr Hentschke puts the wetter out through his boomspray.
"This year I put 90 per cent of it out at night, when I knew rain was coming," he said.