Ballance Agri-Nutrients Ltd

Ballance Agri-Nutrients Limited is one of New Zealands leading fertiliser specialists, with manufacturing plants located in Whangarei, Mount Maunganui and Invercargill. The company owns the ammonia-urea manufacturing plant at Kapuni in Taranaki, and Super Air, one of the country's largest agricultural aviation companies.

Ballance is a 100-percent farmer-owned co-operative, with some 18,000 shareholders throughout New Zealand. It was officially launched in 2001, the final step in a series of company amalgamations and alliances that saw regional fertiliser co-operatives come together under the umbrella of what was then Bay of Plenty Fertiliser.

Today, Ballance is a truly national company, with staff located from the Far North to the Deep South. The company places a strong emphasis on delivering value to its shareholders and on the use of a scientific approach to plant nutrient management.

Ballance supplies a wide range of high-quality fertiliser products to farmers the length and breadth of New Zealand. Many of our products are manufactured right here in New Zealand. As a manufacturer, we are able to control the quality of the product we produce, and we work hard to ensure that our fertilisers are not dusty, that the granules are hard and evenly sized, and that the nutrient content is correct.

Ballance also imports high-analysis products, such as DAP, sulphate of ammonia and the Yara range of specialist fertilisers. These products are sourced from companies with which we have long-standing relationships.

The quality of many of our products is independently verified by Fertmark, the quality assurance programme operated by the New Zealand Fertiliser Quality Council. A number of our other products are blended from Fertmark-registered products. For farmers, being able to apply products with the Fertmark tick offers peace of mind, since they know exactly what is going on their pasture or crop.