AgriMagic sponsors SIADF inaugural Smart Farming Award
AgriMagic sponsors SIADF inaugural Smart Farming Award Ballance Agri-Nutrients’ breakthrough environmental planning tool, MitAgator, has taken out the inaugural South Island Agricultural Field Days Smart Farming Award. Backed by 30 years of independent science from...
FEP template aims to ‘quieten noise’
FEP template aims to ‘quieten noise’ ECan has approved a farm environment plan (FEP) template for use by farmers under the new Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan.The plan is the work of the Canterbury farm consultancy Agri Magic.Under the LWRP, all farms...
Cost of compliance or point of differentiation?
Cost of compliance or point of differentiation? At Agri Magic, we do our very best to take time to understand the purpose of your business and try to illustrate the impact of any nutrient related constraints in a way that resonates for you. Our aim is to help you...
Newsletter December 2018
Newsletter December 2018 2018 has been an interesting ride at Agri Magic.I planned for it, built the budget and have held on for the ride!! After about February the budget needed a complete rewrite and by July things were looking rather different to how I had...
Agri Magic farm environment plan template approved
Agri Magic farm environment plan template approved Environment Canterbury today confirmed that Agri Magic’s farm environment plan template meets the requirements of the Canterbury Land & Water Regional Plan (LWRP). Under the LWRP, all farms requiring a land use...
The Farmer’s Voice: Nutrient Management
The Farmer’s Voice: Nutrient Management A key value that farmers share with all of New Zealand is environmental stewardship, and farmers understand they have a responsibility to use New Zealand’s resources efficiently. Craig Wiggin and Charlotte Glass...
Protecting innovation to protect New Zealand’s future
Protecting innovation to protect New Zealand’s future Kiwis are famous for innovating, solving complex problems through a combination of logic, understanding, and a resourceful can-do attitude. Colloquially we call it “Kiwi ingenuity”, and John Britten’s...
Newsletter December 2017
Newsletter December 2017 I started Agri Magic because I love farming, I love the communities I live in, and I love New Zealand. It is a wonderful privilege to have grown up and be involved in agriculture here. Although the farmers we cross paths with have always held...
Changing system, changing nutrient budget
Altering your farm system will almost certainly affect your nutrient budget but it might not be the effect you think. Understanding how farm system changes will affect nutrient losses isn’t something farmers are used to calculating as a matter of course…