In the competitive world of agricultural groundspreading, one might assume that companies operating in the same region would view each other as rivals. However, in North Otago, a group of spreading businesses has embraced a different approach—collaboration over competition. This cooperative spirit was on full display during a recent discussion with key operators in the area, including James and Kylie
Stenton of Mainland Spreading, Matt Campbell of Campbell Spreading, and Nick Hyslop of Hyslop Groundspread, as they reflected on their experiences and the benefits of working together while picking up around 5600 trays (they say it felt like 10,000) from the Schultz family’s Weston property as part of the final phase of Allister Holmes’ SFFF research project about “Reducing off-target fertiliser application and
increasing crop performance by improving blended fertiliser spread uniformity”.