Real results from the field
Hear how operators are using Tow and Fert to save costs, boost pasture, and tailor nutrition to their land.
Ireland Farmer Stories
Martin Carew
County Limerick, Ireland
Martin Carew
Martin Carew farms in Bruff, County Limerick, running a spring-calving herd on a grass-based system. Up to three years ago, they were using granulated fertiliser through a spreader…
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John-Paul Herlihy
Kilmallock, Ireland
John-Paul Herlihy
The savings you don’t see on the invoice John-Paul Herlihy milks over 100 cows in Kilmallock, Co.Limerick. His old system was straightforward: nitrogen on a fixed rotation, straigh…
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James and Stephen Downey
County Cork, Ireland
James and Stephen Downey
“Once you get into the rhythm of it, you’ll fly” James Downey farms with his father, Stephen, near Macroom, County Cork, on the banks of the River Lee, milking 128 spring-calving c…
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Ben and Denise
Bawnmore, Ireland
Ben and Denise
Ben and Denise have farmed at Bawncross since the 1980s and now apply all their own nitrogen as liquid.
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Conor O'Leary
Donoughmore, Ireland
Conor O’Leary
Conor O’Leary milks 120 cows near Donoughmore, County Cork, and has been on foliar for three seasons.
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Stories from around the world
Harry Miller
Devon, England
Harry Miller
Rethinking nitrogen on old arable ground Harry Miller milks 550 spring-calving cows on a grass-based system on the South Devon coast. It’s a rented farm, and when he took it on 12 …
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Geoff Homer
Marlborough, United Kingdom
Geoff Homer
“I can melt urea through this at 70p a litre”: Geoff Homer on foliar, arable and rethinking the jigsaw Geoff Homer had already moved his herds from solid nitrogen to liquid-applied…
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David Williams
North East, Wales
David Williams
We’re learning… I don’t think we’ve barely scratched the surface of what is possible. David Williams farms 120 hectares in North East Wales, running an all-grass, 260-cow spring ca…
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Pete and Henry Wastenage
Devon, England
Wastenage Farms
Nitrogen isn’t always the limiting factor, on Wastenage Farms System Henry and Pete Wastenage run a multi-sited, block-calving dairy operation in Devon, built around grazed grass m…
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James Hughes
Carmarthenshire, Wales
James Hughes
James Hughes: cutting nitrogen costs with foliar application in West Wales James Hughes has always believed that grass is the most valuable crop on his farm. Running almost 700 spr…
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Simon Leverett
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Simon Leverett
Simon Leverett runs a low input, low machinery dairy farm near Llandeilo with a Multi 500 and a quad.
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Robin & Torin Nicolson
Pembrokeshire, Wales
Robin and Torin Nicolson
Prompted by science: from a dissertation to a Tow and Fert Robin & Torin Nicolson are a father and son duo who run a dairy farm in the heart of Pembrokeshire. With 200 dairy cows a…
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Rob Davies
Carmarthenshire, Wales
Rob Davies
Cutting the fertiliser bill without changing how the farm runs Farmer: Rob Davies Location: Carmarthenshire, Wales Machine: Tow and Fert Multi 2800 Farming System: Dairy, 250 cows,…
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Ash Nicholson
Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Ash Nicholson
Getting a ground drench under the kiwifruit canopy Ash Nicholson is co-founder and CEO of Bay Nutrients, a Bay of Plenty company that makes and supplies Flamingro™, a chitin-based …
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Dave van den Beuken
Waikato, New Zealand
Dave van den Beuken and Jenny Buckley
Dave van den Beuken and Jenny Buckley milk 360 cows near Cambridge and follow them with a Multi 1000.
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Russell Heald
Manawatu, New Zealand
Russell Heald
Not farming the top two inches anymore. For Russell Heald, the shift toward organic and regenerative dairying at Heald Farm in Norsewood wasn’t just a change in inputs, it was a ch…
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Matthew Zonderop
Waikato, New Zealand
Matthew Zonderop
One pass instead of three, and no going back Share milking 420 kiwicross cows across 140 hectares at the foothills of the Kaimai Ranges in Te Poi, Waikato, Matthew Zonderop first s…
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Rex Harris
Byron Shire, NSW, Australia
Rex Harris
Rex Harris and his family run Piccadilly Park, a 60 hectare macadamia plantation near Bangalow in the Byron Shire, home to around 16,500 trees. Eleven years ago, they made the deci…
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Paul Rogers
Proserpine, Australia
Paul Rogers
Rethinking Cane Nutrition, Before the Crop Goes In Paul Rogers farms around 300 hectares of sugar cane near Proserpine in North Queensland, producing roughly 25,000 tonnes a year, …
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Josh Stephens
Camperdown, VIC, Australia
Josh Stephens
Josh Stephens milks around 430 cows near Camperdown and contracts Tow and Fert application across the region.
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Jason Klotz
Bundaberg, QLD, Australia
Jason Klotz
Fine-Tuning Fertiliser Under the Canopy. Jason Klotz grows macadamias across two properties near Bundaberg, Queensland, 80 hectares at the home farm at Elliott Heads and a further …
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Anne-Marie Barrow
Gippsland, Australia
Anne-Marie Barrow
Farming Naturally, On Her Own Terms. For Anne-Marie Barrow and her husband, running a Black Angus stud at Mirboo North, farming naturally has always been the goal, and finding the …
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Dave Shackson
Bundaberg QLD, Australia
Dave Shackson
One machine, 120,000 Trees. For Dave Shackson, farm manager on a 120,000 tree macadamia operation in Bundaberg, the challenge was never about finding a better fertiliser. It was ab…
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Ian Maxwell
West Coast, New Zealand
Ian Maxwell
Less Nitrogen, on His Own Terms. For West Coast dairy farmer Ian Maxwell, changing how nitrogen is applied has changed how he farms. Before the Tow and Fert, Ian used conventional …
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Amy Stokes
Christchurch, New Zealand
Amy Stokes
Seeking to improve the efficiency of their fertiliser programme, Amy and the family began exploring a different approach to nutrient application. Just outside of Christchurch, Amy …
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Alan Marx
Taranaki, New Zealand
Alan Marx
Alan Marx farms 120 hectares at Mangatoki in Taranaki and runs his whole soil programme through a Multi 4000.
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Ricky Taylor
Canterbury, New Zealand
Ricky Taylor
Ricky and Rebecca Taylor set up Fert Solutions to bring liquid fertiliser to Canterbury contracting.
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Align Farms
Canterbury, New Zealand
Align Farms
Align Farms kept the same urea and changed how it goes on. Align Farms runs five dairy farms and two support farms in Mid Canterbury. When the shareholders asked how the business c…
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Ross McKenzie
Southland, New Zealand
Ross McKenzie
Ross McKenzie farms at Longwood near Riverton and runs his fertiliser programme through a Multi 4000.
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Owen Billing
Gippsland, Australia
Owen Billing
Owen Billing runs a biological, foliar-based dairy system in South Gippsland through a Multi 1200.
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Jeff Bellamy
Taranaki, New Zealand
Jeff Bellamy
Coming from a 180 hectare system 5 farm in the Waikato, with 850 cows scaled down to about 750, to a 50 hectare effective, 70 hectare total block in Mokoia, South Taranaki running …
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Scott Charmley
Dannevirke, New Zealand
Scott Charmley
Scott Charmley farms 214 cows on 78 hectares near Dannevirke, in an equity partnership with his wife and his parents. It’s a System 3 dairy operation, and depending on the season, …
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Cam Shepherd
Auckland, New Zealand
Cam Shepherd
Cam Shepherd operates a progressive New Zealand farming system where pasture performance, timing, and cost control are central to long-term success. Like many farmers, Cam had trad…
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Graham Clay
Victoria, Australia
Graham Clay
Graham Clay went from organic dairy farming to contracting with a Multi 2800 and his own product, BioLink.
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Georgie Galloway
Southland, New Zealand
Georgie Galloway
Half a paddock of urea, and a different way of doing things In 2015 Georgie Galloway joined Graham Marshall and his partner Gail as farm manager on their 160-hectare mixed farm jus…
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Miah Smith
Waikato, New Zealand
Miah Smith
Miah Smith runs a biological fertiliser programme through a Multi 2800 on hill country dairy near Atiamuri.
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