Eastern New Zealand

I am on the east coast. There is a town on the east called Napier another near it called Hastings I am a little south and on Highway 2.  I am about 5 hours driving time south of Auckland.
 
I go with Peter to hold meetings and he and a new partner are consultants. They do not farm. They have a laboratory. The web site is www.quantumlabs.co.nz

I am indeed blessed with good health. We are busy almost all day and do a lot of driving. I just sit there when we are driving. I am just a story teller at the meetings but I am good at telling the farmers about how to utilize the services of the Lab. [Read more →]

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Hills, airplanes, and farming

We will go to an area where we want to develop more business. Advertise the meeting and call our regular clients and hope for a few more farmers to explain what we do.
 
It is a wonderful way for me to see the country,
 
We have Beef Cattle and Sheep farms and the main diet for these animals is grass.
 
The topography of many of these farms is on the side of a mountain. When we prescribe a fertilizer, it will be applied to the farm by an airplane. It is a remarkable process to watch. The airstrip will be flat area of grass probably on a mountainside someplace near the farm. The fertiliser will be delivered by a truck to the airstrip. The loader is a truck that can go on the highway but when it gets to the loading site the loader is built on the back of the truck so the driver then changes seats so he can see what he is doing. [Read more →]

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