Story: Superphosphate

Spreading by truck

Superphosphate fertiliser is spread on farmland either by truck or, on hill country, by planes. About half of the total superphosphate spread annually is applied by each method.

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Arthur Duncan, Superphosphate – Superphosphate pros and cons, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15575/spreading-by-truck (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Arthur Duncan, published 1 March 2009.