Ruralco flags Elders merger

October 4th, 2012|

Australia's second biggest farming services player, Ruralco, has approached rival Elders about a merger deal to create a $500 million rural services group to rival market leader Landmark. Ruralco chairman Richard England outlined the proposal in a letter to his Elders counterpart, John Ballard, last month. Ruralco believes there would be significant cost savings in

New REGYP truck & dog

September 13th, 2012|

REGYP has just taken delivery of a new truck and dog to assist with its NSW operations. Please call us for pricing on bulk gypsum, bulk lime and bulk compost freight. The truck  can also cart C&D waste in the sydney area. We can offer hourly, job or tonnage pricing for the tipper hire.    

Benefits of Gypsum on Sorghum

September 10th, 2012|

In two successive field CSIRO trials at Deniliquin, NSW, irrigated grain sorghum was sown at three rates of gypsum (0, 2, and 4.1 tonne per acre), and four rates of phosphorus application (0, 11, 23, and 45 kg per acre) on Billabong clay, a brown clay commonly found on the Riverine Plain of south-eastern Australia.

Gypsum Price Index

July 2nd, 2012|

The price index for gypsum products fell by 1.9% in the US, overall the index remains 11.9% higher than that of April 2011.

Revised Murray-Darling Basin Plan

May 28th, 2012|

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has not changed the recommendation to return 2750 gigalitres of water to the river system, under its revised plan. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is standing by a recommendation to return 2750 gigalitres of water a year to the river system, under a revised plan sent to federal and state government

Gypsum Can Ease Tillage Fuel Consuption

May 18th, 2012|

An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of applied gypsum on the ease of tillage in 3 vertisols of the Gwydir Valley, New South Wales. The soils were classified as 'poor' and 'good' on the basis of past dryland wheat yields and structural of their surface aggregates.Where gypsum had been applied 22 months

Screened Gypsum used in Stock Feed Additives

April 30th, 2012|

Pasture and fodder crops usually contain sufficient minerals and vitamins for normal ruminant production. Minerals and vitamins are generally not the first limiting factor that negatively impact on intake and performance. Dietary energy and protein must first be addressed and consumed in quantities appropriate for the class of stock being fed. Calcium and sulphur are

Sibelco buys Galong Lime Plant

March 29th, 2012|

Industry news is that Sibelco (old unimin) have bought the Galong lime operations from Boral.   History: The Galong deposit was first mined in 1885 with significant mining activity in the 1920s producing quicklime, which is used in the production of cement. The mine re-opened in the 1960s and again in 1994. In 2001, the

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