Our Results

Client Result

The main reason Cathie and I visited the farm was to see the results you were achieving with the silica fertiliser. I found the pastures to be open healthy and diverse and weed and thistle free.

Also impressed to see the progress on the gorse block where the gorse was being pushed back significantly and good clover and pasture coming in.

It was also good to get an insight to the electrical and how it’s combining with the silica and to see the carbon tracking down into the subsoil.

With the expense of fertiliser I feel it’s essential to see what results we can look forward to and to make sure we are on the right track. We found the trip really worthwhile.

– Sam and Cathie Bell, Rakaia, Canterbury

I read Ewan’s book – An Ecofarmer’s Discovery – then I contacted him and asked him to visit our farm. He and Paula came, took soil samples, and we applied the brew that was recommended.

After the fertiliser application worm casts soon started appearing, our pasture samples showed Mg and Ca were moving into the plants and our thistle population decreased.

We had reduced the herd from 600 to 480 cows and achieved the same production of 1000kgMS/Ha.

We use Vitus from Paeroa with our young stock – they devour it and the vet commented on how quiet, well grown and healthy they are.

For the spring season we noticed an improvement in the health of the cows with only one with sore feet, and no retained placentas. They are cycling really well too now.