Farmax Spaders

05/09/2025

29/08/2025

Last year we decided to clay spread a sand hill where clay was too deep to reach and hill was reasonably unproductive.
Also we spread pig manure then spaded deep to 700mm. After leveling we sowed it down to a ryegrass and clover / barley mix for pasture. With a good germination it had good cover and with grazing we didn’t seem to have any areas that were too bare.
Second year in and we have sown this paddock down to a wheat crop at 90kg per Ha ,
As you can see in the photos the hill now has a great stand of wheat.
Looking forward to what this brings later in the season.

12/06/2025

New & Improved website for Farmax Spaders Australia. Check it out here !

Farmax spaders are able to incorporate clay, stubble, green manure, fertilizer and or trace elements through the soil profile to a depth of 400mm.

14/01/2025

So we have some results for our deep spade trial in South Australia that we posted about earlier in the year.
The season in general turned out fairly dry with roughly only 50% of our normal rainfall.
Some areas lucky enough to be under some storm clouds helping out with the dry season.
The first wheat photo you see was as per normal for our sand hill with a yield estimate of 1,8 Tonne
The second Wheat photo was deep spaded with pig manure spread
The yield estimate was 3.3 Tonne
The third photo you can clearly see the comparison between the two
Another area I trialed was with no pig manure added with very similar results with an estimated yield of 2.7 tonne.

Wheat sown at 75kg P/Ha
MAP fertiliser when sown @ 80kg
2 X applications of Urea @ 80Kg

RESULTS
Untreated sand hill
> Protein 12.9
> Test Weight 71.6
> Yield Estimate 1.8 > Actual 2.3 - 2.5
Spaded With Pig Manure
> Protein 12.8
> Test Weight 76.4
> Yield Estimate 3.3 > Actual 4.2 - 4.5
Spaded with no pig manure
> Protein 11.1
> Test Weight 76.2
> Yield Estimate 2.7 > Actual 3.5 - 4

20/09/2024

2024 Spaded ground Western Australia

17/09/2024

Farmax Deep Spader Field day / Demo day.
When > Thursday 26th September. 9:00am to 1:00 Pm
Where > Corner of Ngarkat Highway & Railtz's Rd. Bordertown

Come see the deep spader in action.

> Open soil pit to show lifted clay Mixed through soil profile.
> 900mm profile depth
> Plant root development since spaded in mid may.
> New Plant growth to be spaded on the day to show depth of green material through profile.
> PH change through spaded profile

Give us a call, let us know your coming or to arrange another day if you cant make it,
Contact
Roger > 0427 546 025
Wes > 0437 209 945