Story: Fertiliser industry

More links and websites

• Ballance

  Ballance Agri-Nutrients makes fertiliser for New Zealand farmers and horticulturalists.

• Ravensdown

  Ravensdown, owned by New Zealand farmers, supplies over half the country’s fertiliser.

• New Zealand Fertiliser Quality Council

  This council combines two fertiliser quality assurance schemes: Fertmark and Spreadmark.

• FertResearch

  FertResearch trains, funds research, and promotes better fertiliser use in New Zealand.

More suggestions and sources

• Bellamy, A. C. BOP first in fertiliser: a history of the Bay of Plenty Co-operative Fertiliser Company Limited. Mt Maunganui: The Bay of Plenty Co-operative Fertiliser Company, 1991.
• Cross, Peter, ed. New Zealand agriculture: a story of the past 150 years. Auckland: N. Z. Rural Press, 1990.
• Fuelling change: the role of the New Zealand fertiliser industry. Auckland: New Zealand Fertiliser Manufacturers’ Research Association Inc., 1984.