Ballance Agri-Nutrients adds new low-cost option

Ballance Agri-Nutrients adds new low-cost option
The co-operative's head office. (Image: NZME)
Riley Kennedy
Ballance Agri-Nutrients says its new business offering low-cost bulk fertiliser is not in response to an Australian newcomer setting up shop on this side of the Tasman.Instead, it says it’s about giving shareholders choice and flexibility.SimplyFert, which Ballance launched this week, will offer the co-operative’s core products essentially at a wholesale level, without the extra costs associated with its wider distribution network and nutrient specialist support. Orders, which must be a 12-tonne minimum, must be picked up from...

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