September 7, 2025 • 7 mins
Murray Cockburn of Mainland Minerals talks about Spring fertiliser options.
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Speaker 1 (00:13):
A way to catch up with Murray, Cobra and next
out of Mainland Minerals Murray, Good afternoon, house, Saggs.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yeah, good end to yourself.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Blue sky suddenly makes a change to the mood after
the last couple of days which have been decidedly average.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, that's right. I thought the house is going to
blast the foundations on the weekend. But I know we've
got we've got some beautiful weather following it and let's
make the most of that. And it does look like
a little bit more rougher weather on the weekend, sort
of later in this week, but fingers Cross doesn't come
to much and had a Father's Day go for you.
Did you get some good prizzies?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Yeah? I got a bucket of M and M's not
that I needed them, it's good.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Enough for the health regime.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Absolutely. My body's a temple marry. You know that.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
How's everything been with you guys at Mainland Minerals anyway?
I dar say, reasonably busy lately.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Oh you know we're getting really busy now. Yeah, start
a spring. As we're talking about it's unpredictable weather, but
we've got yeah, we've got a fear bit of work
lined up ahead of us, and yeah, a lot of
people obviously the dairy side of it, a lot of
in rounds going out, tacking things off of that cold
of thought conditions, nutrient with and what we do there
(01:23):
with the ignite in with the slow slow s and
n and also the quick sulfur and nights gen as well,
and that with that ignite ends works very very well.
Get we get more sulfur nine into it as well
as the sulfate, So that's that works really well, quick
quick boost of those cold temperatures and longer term, you know,
we're growing more grass too, So that's been a week cracker.
(01:46):
There's lots of there going out. We've also got a
lot of fine particle for the trucks, also a bit
of work building for the planes, and quite a bit
of ahead of the helicopter. So so that's that's looking
pretty good. Yeah, but a lot of pressure on feet
at the moment, so we're always looking at how we
can kick kick those things on. So yeah, things things
(02:07):
to look at. We've got your cut and carry areas
if you're sheeting beef guys. Often that's been sort of
overlooked in the last year or two so you start
looking at those areas, start looking at your young grasses
less than two year old. Also for your for your
dairy guys as well, those those young areas really need
to boost those up. And then yeah, looking at what
(02:32):
sort of maintenance side of things, and make sure you're
getting those salt test done. Don't just go the old blankets.
You'll be right. Chuck the super on. Often it's in
the other areas you might actually have OKAP and you
might need to really kick it on in other areas
that are the biggest limiting nutrients. So that's what we
really specialize here at use the right tool, whether it's
the granular fire side of it or the fine particle.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Well, it was still temperatures at the moment, Murray, pretty
much the late fives up into the early eight. So
so fin that range that you'd expect for the time
of year.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Suppose, well that's right, and we might see that drop
back a week, but over the next next week, so
getting these frosts. So yeah, so if you're if you're
putting any any nutrient nigh at the moment, you want to.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Make sure that you're boosting it up with with some
of that more likes. The m O side of things
is what our equivalent is the ignite in for the
m O. But with the benefit of having that sul
for ninety and that works between that sort of five
to seven degree soil temp and ideally and rising, it's
not the biggest issue. If it does drop below that,
(03:35):
the nutrients still there. You just want to you just
want to be very strategic about how you.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Use that when you start getting these colored temperatures I suppose,
and your covers slowly started disappear. Talking to some mates
the other day saying that September is more or let's
just being September like you normally expect, right, But you're
trying to plan a head for your covers heading later
onto the season.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
So what's a good approach to take.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Well, ideally you've got your salt test by now, so
it's gonna it's going to depend on whether your dairy
or where your sheep and beef dairy side of things.
Make sure you're you're getting your soil tests so you're
you're well set up for your crops that are coming up.
So you want to do your planning on where your
where your crop. Paddic's going to be get your good
sal tests and those peddics so you know what newtuent
(04:18):
needs going to get the best yield for your crops.
You also want to look at your your maintenance side
of things across the across not just a lot of
people I come across in the dairy side of it,
they're always looking at the flint and nine ethline areas
that that makes sense, and quite a few farms, but
there's a lot of farms where you find flowin areas
are actually some peddics are low in potassium, typically the
(04:40):
okay and phosphates some can some can be low as well,
are the younger conversions. And then conversely on the on
the nine effluent side of things, you can actually find
there's some pretty good potessium levels out there, but there's
also a lot of low and very low potassium. So
you want to try to figure out what that that
jig saw the farm up into those copotassium low potassium,
(05:01):
a very low potassium is typically in a dairy farm.
How it looks. It's better to try to understand that
and then put the right mixes on the right areas
with your with your sheep and beef. You look at
those young grass areas, look at your cut and carry areas,
look at your maintenance areas and get good salt tests.
You know the right the right nutrient to go on there,
Tidy up your crop areas, and happy days.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Murray for somebody that hasn't used fine particle application before.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
What are the benefits.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Additional to what you're getting with your granular We're still
putting on the major nutrients. We're we're activating a lot
of the nutrient that's that's locked up in the soil
andy So we're using a biological activator which is the
lime flower and what we call the pasture pro which
is very active microbes, fungi, bacteria and yeasts and and
(05:51):
when we're when we're putting that on, we're we're activating
the organic metadis that's full of nitrogen, full of phosphorus,
full of sulfur, and trace minerals. So we're getting that
getting that nutrient so it's available again. The whitecrobs can
feed on that nutrient. The plant can feed on nutrients,
which means the animal ends up feeding on the yield.
(06:11):
The additional yield and evenness of growth. We're also putting
seed on at the same time. It's a very good way.
And with the dairy side of things, if you've got
your dairy platform that you tend to go very slowly
around with renewing pasture. So what we do is we
actually put the with the maintenance. We're putting the seed
(06:32):
on with white clover's, red clovers, plantain, and that's filling
in gaps and getting more new vigorous young grasses to
help renew those pastures as well as putting the nutrient
at the same time, and that just it's a game change.
It works really well. We use the grain and the
fine part of together and figure out what is a
customized approach for your fertilized of your farm and it
(06:53):
works very well. We've done it for guys fifteen years
that are continuing to lift the yields and they're dropping
their metal bollock issues as well.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Murray. The best way to get in touch on Mainland Minerals.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Well probably probably the similar ways Mainlamminerals dot com. Have
a look at the contact details or just give us
a call at three eight three double zero four at
the office and Gore get on your Murray.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Always appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Cheers, Andy, good to talk about.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Murray, Cobra and the main Lare minerals. You know the slogan,
You're only as good as you dor it.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Let's wrap up.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Next, we're going down to Winden depending on where you're based,
and we're catching up with Ben Dooley, sheep beefing YouTube
farmer
A way to catch up with Murray, Cobra and next
out of Mainland Minerals Murray, Good afternoon, house, Saggs.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yeah, good end to yourself.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Blue sky suddenly makes a change to the mood after
the last couple of days which have been decidedly average.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, that's right. I thought the house is going to
blast the foundations on the weekend. But I know we've
got we've got some beautiful weather following it and let's
make the most of that. And it does look like
a little bit more rougher weather on the weekend, sort
of later in this week, but fingers Cross doesn't come
to much and had a Father's Day go for you.
Did you get some good prizzies?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Yeah? I got a bucket of M and M's not
that I needed them, it's good.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Enough for the health regime.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Absolutely. My body's a temple marry. You know that.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Now.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
How's everything been with you guys at Mainland Minerals anyway?
I dar say, reasonably busy lately.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Oh you know we're getting really busy now. Yeah, start
a spring. As we're talking about it's unpredictable weather, but
we've got yeah, we've got a fear bit of work
lined up ahead of us, and yeah, a lot of
people obviously the dairy side of it, a lot of
in rounds going out, tacking things off of that cold
of thought conditions, nutrient with and what we do there
(01:23):
with the ignite in with the slow slow s and
n and also the quick sulfur and nights gen as well,
and that with that ignite ends works very very well.
Get we get more sulfur nine into it as well
as the sulfate, So that's that works really well, quick
quick boost of those cold temperatures and longer term, you know,
we're growing more grass too, So that's been a week cracker.
(01:46):
There's lots of there going out. We've also got a
lot of fine particle for the trucks, also a bit
of work building for the planes, and quite a bit
of ahead of the helicopter. So so that's that's looking
pretty good. Yeah, but a lot of pressure on feet
at the moment, so we're always looking at how we
can kick kick those things on. So yeah, things things
(02:07):
to look at. We've got your cut and carry areas
if you're sheeting beef guys. Often that's been sort of
overlooked in the last year or two so you start
looking at those areas, start looking at your young grasses
less than two year old. Also for your for your
dairy guys as well, those those young areas really need
to boost those up. And then yeah, looking at what
(02:32):
sort of maintenance side of things, and make sure you're
getting those salt test done. Don't just go the old blankets.
You'll be right. Chuck the super on. Often it's in
the other areas you might actually have OKAP and you
might need to really kick it on in other areas
that are the biggest limiting nutrients. So that's what we
really specialize here at use the right tool, whether it's
the granular fire side of it or the fine particle.
Speaker 1 (02:52):
Well, it was still temperatures at the moment, Murray, pretty
much the late fives up into the early eight. So
so fin that range that you'd expect for the time
of year.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Suppose, well that's right, and we might see that drop
back a week, but over the next next week, so
getting these frosts. So yeah, so if you're if you're
putting any any nutrient nigh at the moment, you want to.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Make sure that you're boosting it up with with some
of that more likes. The m O side of things
is what our equivalent is the ignite in for the
m O. But with the benefit of having that sul
for ninety and that works between that sort of five
to seven degree soil temp and ideally and rising, it's
not the biggest issue. If it does drop below that,
(03:35):
the nutrients still there. You just want to you just
want to be very strategic about how you.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Use that when you start getting these colored temperatures I suppose,
and your covers slowly started disappear. Talking to some mates
the other day saying that September is more or let's
just being September like you normally expect, right, But you're
trying to plan a head for your covers heading later
onto the season.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
So what's a good approach to take.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Well, ideally you've got your salt test by now, so
it's gonna it's going to depend on whether your dairy
or where your sheep and beef dairy side of things.
Make sure you're you're getting your soil tests so you're
you're well set up for your crops that are coming up.
So you want to do your planning on where your
where your crop. Paddic's going to be get your good
sal tests and those peddics so you know what newtuent
(04:18):
needs going to get the best yield for your crops.
You also want to look at your your maintenance side
of things across the across not just a lot of
people I come across in the dairy side of it,
they're always looking at the flint and nine ethline areas
that that makes sense, and quite a few farms, but
there's a lot of farms where you find flowin areas
are actually some peddics are low in potassium, typically the
(04:40):
okay and phosphates some can some can be low as well,
are the younger conversions. And then conversely on the on
the nine effluent side of things, you can actually find
there's some pretty good potessium levels out there, but there's
also a lot of low and very low potassium. So
you want to try to figure out what that that
jig saw the farm up into those copotassium low potassium,
(05:01):
a very low potassium is typically in a dairy farm.
How it looks. It's better to try to understand that
and then put the right mixes on the right areas
with your with your sheep and beef. You look at
those young grass areas, look at your cut and carry areas,
look at your maintenance areas and get good salt tests.
You know the right the right nutrient to go on there,
Tidy up your crop areas, and happy days.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Murray for somebody that hasn't used fine particle application before.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
What are the benefits.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Additional to what you're getting with your granular We're still
putting on the major nutrients. We're we're activating a lot
of the nutrient that's that's locked up in the soil
andy So we're using a biological activator which is the
lime flower and what we call the pasture pro which
is very active microbes, fungi, bacteria and yeasts and and
(05:51):
when we're when we're putting that on, we're we're activating
the organic metadis that's full of nitrogen, full of phosphorus,
full of sulfur, and trace minerals. So we're getting that
getting that nutrient so it's available again. The whitecrobs can
feed on that nutrient. The plant can feed on nutrients,
which means the animal ends up feeding on the yield.
(06:11):
The additional yield and evenness of growth. We're also putting
seed on at the same time. It's a very good way.
And with the dairy side of things, if you've got
your dairy platform that you tend to go very slowly
around with renewing pasture. So what we do is we
actually put the with the maintenance. We're putting the seed
(06:32):
on with white clover's, red clovers, plantain, and that's filling
in gaps and getting more new vigorous young grasses to
help renew those pastures as well as putting the nutrient
at the same time, and that just it's a game change.
It works really well. We use the grain and the
fine part of together and figure out what is a
customized approach for your fertilized of your farm and it
(06:53):
works very well. We've done it for guys fifteen years
that are continuing to lift the yields and they're dropping
their metal bollock issues as well.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Murray. The best way to get in touch on Mainland Minerals.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Well probably probably the similar ways Mainlamminerals dot com. Have
a look at the contact details or just give us
a call at three eight three double zero four at
the office and Gore get on your Murray.
Speaker 3 (07:16):
Always appreciate your time.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Cheers, Andy, good to talk about.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Murray, Cobra and the main Lare minerals. You know the slogan,
You're only as good as you dor it.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
Let's wrap up.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Next, we're going down to Winden depending on where you're based,
and we're catching up with Ben Dooley, sheep beefing YouTube
farmer
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