Supporting Australian Agriculture
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers supports farmers in all of eastern Australia's major agricultural industries, from tropical fruit growers in north Queensland to dairy farmers in Tasmania and grain growers in South Australia.
We supply a range of fertilisers specifically tailored for Australian farming conditions. New and innovative fertilisers continue to be developed to better match farmers' operational and agronomic requirements.
This section provides information on Incitec Pivot Fertiliser's products and services for farmers involved in grain growing, cotton, pasture, dairy, sugar and horticulture industries.
Cotton
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers is proud to be a major supplier to Australia's cotton growers in the increasingly sophisticated field of cotton nutrition. To view or download a dryland cotton handbook please click here.
Leading agronomists among Incitec Pivot Fertilisers' distributors back their recommendations with soil and plant tissue analysis from Incitec Pivot Ferttilisers' Nutrient Advantage® laboratory, along with proven research and local knowledge.
Growers can choose from a wide range of world-class, efficient fertilisers to meet their needs. Incitec Pivot Fertilisers is the only supplier of anhydrous ammonia (BIG N® fertiliser) to Australian cotton growers.
BIG N has been popular for many years as an efficient fertiliser for applying high rates of nitrogen. Manufactured by Incitec Pivot and stored in depots convenient to the major cotton growing districts of New South Wales and Queensland, BIG N is delivered direct to farm. Accredited support staff are available to help farmers set up, maintain and update their BIG N application equipment.
Several new and innovative fertilisers are also available for cotton growers. Granulock® SuPreme Z™ is a high quality, efficient fertiliser containing a balance of key nutrients in each granule. A range of liquid fertilisers is now available at local depots including EASY N® and EASY PK® which are ideal for foliar spraying in cotton.
Dairy
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers has been supporting Australia's world-class dairy industry for 80 years and is continuing to back the industry through changing times.
Dairy farmers rely on Incitec Pivot Fertilisers and its distributors for soil and leaf tissue testing, pasture nutrition advice, fertilisers and spreading.
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers' SuPerfect® potash blends, NPK and trace element blends and nitrogen fertilisers are used to maximise pasture production levels. Custom blends are used to provide specific nutrient mixes.
SuPerfect and SuPer are manufactured in Australia by Incitec Pivot at Portland and Newcastle to ensure reliability of supply and granulation quality.
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers' wide range of dairy fertilisers are stocked at major ports and local depots in Australia's dairying regions.
Grains
Broadacre cropping is the mainstay of Australian farming and a major market for Incitec Pivot Fertilisers. Incitec Pivot Fertilisers manufactures and imports the key fertilisers for grain growing including BIG N®, Granulock® fertilisers, urea, MAP and DAP.
These quality fertilisers are widely available during peak growing seasons from Incitec Pivot Fertilisers' major ports and dozens of regional facilities.
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers' distributor agronomists provide targeted crop nutrition advice, based on soil test results processed at its Nutrient Advantage® laboratory. Incitec Pivot Fertilisers is at the forefront of developing new crop nutrition knowledge.
As well as managing several long-term sites and product evaluation trials, Incitec Pivot Fertilisers agronomists are involved in collaborative projects with other industry organisations. Field research is essential for the development of new fertilisers that better meet growers' operational and agronomic requirements now and into the future.
Horticulture
Australia's fruit and vegetable growers look to Incitec Pivot Fertilisers to supply the crop nutrients they require in either solid, soluble solid or liquid form.
Products such as Nitrophoska® Blue Special and Cal-Gran® are renowned for their product quality and results in a range of horticultural crops. Likewise, the Liquifert® range of soluble solid fertilisers offers quality products that growers can rely on.
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers also supplies a wide range of trace element products that are available for use as a single application or as part of an NPK blend.
A range of EASY LIQUIDS® fertilisers are available to supply the major nutrients and some trace elements. These concentrated solutions are easy to use and offer growers application flexibility and efficiency in crop nutrition programs.
New products for horticulture continue to be developed to give growers the best options available to meet their needs. These include products such as ENTEC® and Green Urea™.
Leading agronomists among Incitec Pivot Fertilisers Distributors support their crop nutrition recommendations using soil and plant tissue analysis from Incitec Pivot Fertilisers' Nutrient Advantage® laboratory, along with proven research and local knowledge.
Pasture
Most wool, beef and lamb producers rely on Incitec Pivot Fertilisers products and services to grow high quality, productive pastures - the foundation of their enterprises. The company's distributors are available to spread fertilisers on farm, often using the latest precision application and GPS guided equipment.
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers offers a wide range of highly effective pasture fertilisers, such as SuPerfect®, SuPer and custom blends with trace elements. SuPerfect is manufactured by Incitec Pivot Fertilisers in Portland and Geelong to ensure reliability of supply and granulation quality.Various nitrogen fertilisers are increasingly being used by graziers to increase production.
More information on Incitec Pivot Fertilisers pasture nutrition range can be found in the Pasture Nutrition Guide.
Sugar
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers has been supporting cane growers for more than 80 years with extensive blending and bagging facilities located throughout the sugar growing regions of coastal northern New South Wales and Queensland.
Cane growers can rely on Incitec Pivot Fertilisers and its distributors for the right advice, products and services to meet their requirements. Soil testing using Incitec Pivot Fertilisers' Nutrient Advantage® laboratory helps distributor agronomists to develop precise recommendations that optimise fertiliser use on-farm.
Cane growers can choose from a wide range of fertilisers including urea, DAP and potash, or combinations of these ingredients such as urea blends and Cal-Gran® blends. Custom blends are also available to match specific soil and crop nutrient requirements.
Along with solid fertilisers, Incitec Pivot Fertilisers also offers a range of EASY LIQUIDS® fertilisers which are ideal for use in sugar cane.