Specialist products

Ag-Hub

Ag-Hub
Ag-Hub is a comprehensive new system that allows you to store all your farm data in one safe, easy, online location, so you can manage your business anywhere, any time. Read more



  GoClear
GoClear is a specialist product that helps to protect the environment by reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides from diesel vehicles. It is manufactured by Ballance at the company's ammonia-urea plant at Kapuni, in the Taranaki.  Read more

Nutri-Gro
The Nutri-Gro range of products is designed specifically for use on small blocks and lifestyle farms that are being used for pastoral (rather than horticultural purposes).
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Urea silos
Ballance urea silos are a convenient way to store urea on the farm. Waterproof and easy to use, they allow you to access urea on an as-needed basis.
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Precision Plus farm maps
Precision Plus farm maps are highly accurate, GPS-determined maps of farms and their various components. For example, not only can farm and paddock boundaries be mapped with a GPS unit, but so too can drainage lines, water troughs, even trees.
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Nutrient budgets
A nutrient budget is a measure of the nutrient balance of a farming operation. It takes into account all the nutrient inputs on a farm and all those removed from the land. The most obvious source of nutrients in this situation is fertiliser, but this is only part of the picture.
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Soil and plant testing
Soil testing is the only way to determine the nutrient reserves - and therefore the nutrient requirements - of your land. Soil testing is best done on an annual or bi-annual basis, using established transect lines and avoiding atypical areas of the paddock, such as stock camps, areas around gates, fencelines and water troughs.
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Aerial fertiliser application
For many farmers in New Zealand, topdressing with fertiliser is complicated by the challenging terrain on their land. When land is too steep for safe access by groundspreading machinery, aerial topdressing is the only feasible alternative if soil fertility is to be maintained.
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Companies join forces
Ballance has purchased a large share of two of New Zealand’s leading animal nutrient manufacturers;...