Agrownomics

15/10/2026

Windale Farm

What awesome stewards of our land! Yesterday Ben & Wendy Croft opened their farm to share their success & story with the wider community. Very inspiring & encouraging!

Metrics achieved from 2020-2025:
950cows -> 860cows
256 -> 121units of Nitrogen
15t -> 18t of Dry Matter Grown
12t -> 14t of Pasture Harvested
Cost per kg DM = $8.6cents
144 kilos of DM to 1kg of N response, area average is 82kg

With careful modelling by Noelle @ Fox Farm Consultants + Croft's shared determination, it was impressive to see tweaks to their system making a significant difference to performance & profitability.

Shout out to the team @ Glassey Spreading, your consistent service and ex*****on of Fluidised Technology is second to none.

Thank you to all the contributors for putting on a stunning day!

06/10/2026

Field Day Alert!
11am Thursday 15th October. Windale Dairy, Culverden.

We're helping host this day to celebrate the progress Ben and Wendy Croft have made at Windale across the past 11 seasons.

1. Fine Particle Fertiliser & Pasture Testing
2. High Accuracy Soil Testing & Variable Rate Fertiliser
3. Less Cows, Better Fed, More Milk!

Come along to learn about what it takes to run a top-performing dairy farm in Canterbury.

Please RSVP at the link for a great lunch!

TOPICS: 1. Fine Particle Fertiliser. 2. Grid Soil Testing. 3. More Milk, Less Cows, Better Fed. Join us at Windale Dairy on the 15th with Ben and Wendy Croft!

27/09/2026

An awesome new channel to enjoy - “How Goods Dairy” has some inspiring interviews, privileged to meet the team and contribute

25/09/2026

Stoked to catch up with Wilby and the wider team this week. If you want beautiful vegetables and to support local initiative, please reach out to Te Waerenga Ōtautahi Vege Bags. We love their heart and kaupapa to connect to the people, health and land!

01/09/2026

We're hiring!
Are you that keen person with a heart to help serve?
Do you want to work directly with farmers changing the way they grow pasture and feed their stock?
Are you a self-starter who can work hard as part of a small, dedicated team with a lot of laughs along the way?

Then we want to hear from you!
Shoot an email to [email protected] with your resume, contact details and why you'd love to work with us.

**Canterbury-based only. Part time employment offered, with potential to go full time for the right candidate**

17/08/2026

We had a neat team day with some guests last week, Peter and Coralie Burton. Always inspiring, learning from others that have gone before. Good to crunch data in the classroom then some time onfarm @ Glenthorne station.

"Biology breaks rules" - is becoming a common statement in our camp

16/07/2026

Field day next week with Andrew Barlass (Methven). Come take part in the learning + observing & discussion.

Please link below for details & registering

Join Andrew Barlass near Methven for a practical field day exploring bale grazing, wintering systems, animal welfare, and farm system consistency.

14/07/2026

Massive congratulations to Ben and Wendy Croft, taking out the "DairyNZ Sustainability & Stewardship Award" at the 2026 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

04/07/2026

Proving Nutrient Density!

Very exciting update from Findal on tour in the UK:

Findal caught up with Dan and Sarah from the Bionutrient Food Association, the people really PROVING nutrient density in food globally. They are travelling throughout Europe sharing and discussing the progress from their most recent release: BRIX IT on Mycelia.

- Brix It is a free app you can download and use to input and compare data from your food products. You can test the brix level of any fresh food for free, and compare between brands and suppliers, and between stores.

- This will help you to make an informed decision on the quality of the food you're purchasing and eating, or what you're producing at home!

- You would also be helping to build a global dataset of true nutrient density measurements, consider yourself a citizen scientist!

Download on IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mycelia/id6773628607
- The app includes full instructions and is very easy to use.
- Get involved!

Follow the journey of Nutrient Density globally:
- www.bionutrient.org

26/06/2026

There are plenty of exciting things going on at the moment. This week, we are really excited to launch our new website. A special thanks to Natasha . Have a great weekend all!

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