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Custom Fertiliser Blends
Custom Mineral and Conditioning Blends Designed Around Your Soil
Customised mineral and conditioning blends developed to support soil function, improve balance, and help your soil perform as it was designed to.
We test, analyse, and develop tailored blends using naturally derived inputs selected to work together within the soil system.
Our blends may include a combination of:
- Key minerals and trace elements
- Silica to support soil structure and function
- Biological inputs such as cyanobacteria and fungal inoculants
- Other conditioning components selected based on your soil
The focus is not just on what is present in the soil, but what may be limiting its ability to function effectively.
Every Farm Is Different
No two farms are the same.
Your soil, your environment, and your farming system all influence what is required. That’s why every Ecofarm blend is developed specifically for your situation.
Recommendations are based on your soil test results, farming objectives, and practical considerations - including budget.
Independent, High-Accuracy Soil Testing
To ensure accuracy, we use soil sampling at:
- 0–150mm
- 150–300mm
Samples are GPS tracked and analysed by Brookside Laboratories using both Total and Available soil testing.
This provides a deeper understanding of what is happening in the soil and allows for more informed recommendations.
If you are interested in accurate, independent soil testing and a tailored approach to improving your soil, get in touch with us to start the process.
See how the Ecofarm system works in practice - from accurate soil sampling through to how your custom blend is mixed and prepared.
We are AsureQuality certified for Organic Custom Blends.
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A Tailored, Soil-First Approach to Farm Performance
At Ecofarm, we offer a complete, tailored approach to improve soil health and farm productivity using natural, sustainable methods. Here’s how we work with you to build a more resilient and profitable system.
- Accurate Soil Sampling Across Your Farm
We start by taking soil samples across your farm to understand what’s really going on in your soil and how it differs across the property. - Detailed Soil Analysis and Clear Insights
Your samples are analysed to assess nutrient levels, mineral balance, and potential limiting factors that may be influencing pasture performance, soil function, and animal health. We then walk you through what the results are showing, so you understand what’s happening in your soil and why we’re recommending specific actions. - Custom Mineral Blends Designed for Your Soil
Using this data, we develop a custom mineral and conditioning blend tailored specifically to your soil’s requirements, with a focus on improving soil function and long-term system performance. - Simple, Targeted Application on Farm
We supply your blend in a solid, easy-to-apply form, designed to support soil health and reduce reliance on chemical inputs. In most cases, applications are made annually as part of an ongoing programme. - A Natural, System-Based Approach to NZ Farming
Ecofarm takes a different approach to farming – focusing on how the soil is functioning beneath the surface, not just what’s being put on top. By understanding and addressing the real limiting factors, we support a system that can perform more naturally and efficiently over time.
How Our Blends Are Designed
For soil systems to function effectively, physical structure, mineral balance, and biological activity all need to work together. Our custom blends are designed with this in mind:
Physics – Soil Structure and Energy Flow
Probitas soil conditioner is included in our blends to support soil structure and help restore the natural energy systems within the soil. In many cases, these processes have been disrupted by past farming practices, reducing the soil’s ability to function efficiently. Supporting this energy movement can improve nutrient and water dynamics within the soil.
Chemistry – Mineral Balance and Nutrient Dynamics
Our blends typically include key minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, silica, and sulphur, which play important roles in plant growth and photosynthesis. Trace elements are included where required, based on soil and pasture test results.
Biology – Living Soil Systems
Our inoculum includes cyanobacteria, known for their role in nitrogen fixation and carbon capture within the soil, along with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM), which help regulate soil moisture and assist in unlocking and transporting minerals to the plant.
A range of fungal species are also included to support the breakdown of organic material and contribute to the soil’s natural detoxification processes, supporting a more functional and balanced soil system.
Custom Blends Designed Around Your Soil Function
Our fertiliser blends are built directly from your soil and pasture test results, with a focus on identifying the key limiting factors within your system – not just what’s missing, but what’s holding the soil back from functioning properly.
Each Ecofarm blend is tailored to address the imbalances, excesses, and constraints identified in your results, with the aim of supporting how the soil is designed to function.
This is where your management and our analysis come together – working with the biological processes and natural energy systems within the soil, rather than overriding them.
By supporting soil function at this level, you can begin to unlock the productive potential already present within your farm, leading to more efficient nutrient cycling, improved pasture performance, and a system that becomes more resilient and easier to manage over time – with flow-on benefits to profitability.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is in an Ecofarm blend?
Each blend typically contains 6-10 components.
The bulk ingredients are sourced from New Zealand and tested for purity of form, while the trace elements are imported to ensure the required quality and availability.
Every blend is different. It is built specifically from your soil test results, analysed by Brookside Laboratories - Ohio, US, so the inputs are targeted to what your soil actually needs.
Is this just another fertiliser product?
No.
Ecofarm is a soil system, not just a fertiliser. We address soil function, mineral balance, biological support, nutrient transfer, and trace elements as a complete system.
Everything starts with accurate soil testing, interpretation, and advice, so inputs are only used where they are genuinely needed.
The focus is on precision and function, not blanket application.
Is an Ecofarm blend a capital or maintenance fertiliser?
Neither.
It is corrective. We identify the limiting factors in your soil and correct them.
It is typically applied once a year to improve both your ground and your production.
How do you know what my soil actually needs?
We use soil and herbage testing through Brookside Laboratories - Ohio, US, which provides the level of detail required to make accurate decisions.
These tests measure Totals and Availables, along with key indicators such as mineral balance, trace elements, biological activity, aluminium levels, and plant nitrogen efficiency.
From this, we build a customised blend for your farm - no guesswork, no generic recipes, just accuracy.
Do I need to reapply your fertilisers every year?
We typically recommend an annual application, but the blend and rate depend entirely on your soil tests.
Over time, inputs usually reduce as soil function improves and the system becomes more self-sustaining.
Will switching to Ecofarm increase my costs?
No - in most cases, the opposite happens.
As soil function improves, fertiliser inputs are reduced and a range of other costs begin to drop.
Farmers typically see:
- Reduced reliance on chemical inputs, sprays and supplements
- Lower diesel and machinery use
- Reduced animal health issues and vet costs - with some farmers reporting significant drops in down cows (for example, from 50 to 6)
- More consistent pasture growth and better resilience in wet and dry conditions
- Less time spent on the tractor
Most find the system pays for itself and continues to reduce costs over time.
Will production fall if I stop using NPKS fertilisers?
No.
The focus is on identifying and correcting the limiting factors that allow nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and sulphur to cycle naturally in the soil. When those systems are functioning properly, production is maintained and often improves.
We regularly see large reserves of phosphorus in the Totals analysis, while the Availables appear low - which is why more is often applied. The role of the Ecofarm system is to unlock what is already there, rather than continually adding more.
The same principle applies to nitrogen, potassium and sulphur.
Myth: “It’s all about biology products.”
No.
Biology cannot perform properly in chemically imbalanced soils.
Mineral balance and soil chemistry need to be addressed first. Biology is important, but it is the full systemised approach that delivers results.
Myth: “This only works on certain soil types.”
No.
Every soil responds when its limiting factors are addressed.
The approach adapts to the soil, not the other way around, and our independent soil testing gives us the accuracy to know what each soil actually needs.
Myth: “This is just another fertiliser.”
No.
Fertiliser adds nutrients. Ecofarm focuses on unlocking nutrients already present in the soil and restoring balance so biology can do its job.
Rather than forcing plant growth with synthetic or acidic inputs, we work to restart the natural nutrient cycles that are already there, but currently underperforming.
The result is healthier pastures, fewer weeds, and lower input costs over time.
Myth: “Regenerative farming means lower production.”
Not when it is done properly.
Poorly guided regeneration can create problems. Measured, supported change builds resilience without sacrificing production.
Like buying a car, it only works properly when all the right parts are there and working together.
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