Hit nuisance weeds. Save multiple costs.
Mark and Sonia Dillon are fifth-generation Southland farmers and proud of it.
They’ve been operating the family’s 380 hectare farm in Riversdale for over 25 years, and farm a total of 1,000 hectares on other land either owned or leased. They also contract out to farmers doing ag work including baling, beet planting and lifting.
At the home farm, wild turnip required a lot of management, so when the opportunity arose in 2019 to trial the CONVISO SMART System, they leapt at the opportunity. Mark elaborates:
“Previously, we would have to spray the paddocks four times to control wild turnip. Now we’re just two sprays, so you don’t have to go over the paddock as many times and it all saves time and diesel and money.”
Better Chemistry – for all
Sonia likes to call the CONVISO SMART System ‘new chemistry.’ It’s given them the luxury of growing beet on land where they wouldn’t be able to grow conventional beet.
“This land hasn’t had the best husbandry previously. It’s got a real heavy weed loading of bolters and wild turnip and this new chemistry just takes all that weed out,” says Sonia.
She also thinks it’s better for the environment.
“We use less chemicals and it’s even better for the environment not having tractors going over multiple times, which is multiple loads of exhaust going up into the atmosphere. So, it’s way better for us.”
Sonia absolutely recommends CONVISO SMART to other farmers, especially if they’re growing in places where conventional beet isn’t ideal due to weed loading.
She sums it up nicely, “CONVISO saves time and it saves money.”
To learn more visit https://www.kws.com/nz/en/products/local-farmer-stories/saving-on-multiple-costs/
