Feedback from Canada

Thought I would share some interesting feedback about Grazers from Canada.....

"In the early spring there were deer eating tulips etc. in the garden. So I sprayed just about everything, especially the raspberry patch. The deer then seemed to stay away since there was nothing nice to eat. We had very few deer all summer. Apparently we used to have a cougar in the area, which keeps the deer population in check, until he made the mistake of taking off with a neighbour's goat! I hope you are able to export to Canada for you do have a good product."

Arthur Cayford, British Columbia

Don't get this sort of email from the UK very much!

Grazers tonic

November is here and I am still reading damp reports in the farm press regarding the state of cereal production on farms up and down the country. A very trying year for all growers. Some counties have only managed to do 30% of normal planting due to sodden ground conditions. If this isn't bad enough, crops that have been sown are struggling because a) continuous wet weather makes germination difficult  and b) heavy persistent rainfall has washed out the nutrients essential for early plant establishment and preparations for getting through the winter.

I thought it worth mentioning the additional tonic effect of using Grazers. Being totally made up from trace elements (minor nutrients) it is very safe to spray from early signs of leaf emergence. Also becauseit is a liquid, Grazers is absorbed straight into the plant (foliar process) and doesn't need to wait to be absorbed by struggling roots. (that is why if there is green showing, it is usually a good tome to spray) 

So because of the nutrients in it, and because of the way it can get into young plants, Grazers is positively beneficial and can be a great tonic to struggling crops.
I know of farmers who have used Grazers specifically on stressed crops eg. young sugar beet plants which have been under water and gone blue, a treatment has given the plants a gentle kick start back to health again.

This is also a critical time for rabbit and pigeon damage so it is the ideal time for Grazers application to be effective against damage.

Wallabies?

We have exhibited at the Cereals event (arable trade show) for the last 4 years.
It has always been a busy and worthwhile show. Being able to talk to arable farmers who are our key customers is priceless! Not only can we pass on advice or guidance on how to use Grazers for maximum benefit on specific crops or situations, but more importantly we get feedback from the farmer on how they are using it most effectively in the field.
This year Cereals 2012 was our busiest ever, with some excellent contacts. Sue, although new to Grazers, was keen to help out and, despite being evacuated from the hotel at 4am because somebody had had a crafty fag in their bathroom, setting off the fire alarm, we managed to keep awake and talking for the 2 days.

One interesting contact was a farmer from Tasmania who came straight to our stand and collared Sue
" Hey this here Grazers! "-   Sue was slightly anxious being her first time at the show and still getting her head round the product -  what was this man going to come out with?  -"Its ruddy fantastic! You sent as a sample last year, we sprayed the headland (24m) round the worst edge of a field of wheat,  and the wallabies never crossed it, or the wild chickens! " Sue,  her poise and professional hat firmly back on, then got the gentleman to talk to other visitors to the stand to extoll our product. Fantastic!

Grazers on cherries?

We have had an enquiry last week regarding Grazers use on cherry orchards which are being eaten at bud, flower and fruit stage. So I thought I'd add a little note this week for anybody else who maybe has similar problems.
Whilst this is a little outside the box we have had some very encouraging reports, over the last couple of years, from nursery trials in Holland and domestic use here in the UK, showing positive effects against damage to young fruit, from not only pigeons and other birds but also against squirrel damage to new growth and young fruit on fruit trees.
Don't worry about crop safety or taint to the fruit, Grazers is very safe to use and actually benefits the plant due to its special calcium formulation and leaves no taint if sprayed as per label.
If you have any questions regarding this please don't hesitate to phone me or send an email.

Thursday 4th October 2012

In the 1990s I got to know Jim Over from J.E. Over & Co. Ltd. an entrepeneur who I felt was ahead of his time regarding nutrition and the soil - He was offering an analytical and trace element service to farmers and growers - He took soil and tissue samples from individual fields and sent them away to a local laboratory for full spectrum analysis this showed levels of nitrogen, phosphate, potash and just as importantly 9 minor trace elements such as magnesium, maganese, zinc, boron etc Jim would produce a report enabling the client to see exactly what a specific crop needed in a specific field that year, this enabled farmers to know exactly what a crop needed without waste and runoff and often reduced the amount of fertilizer they actually needed.

This concept got me hooked on nutrient balances and the soil - I find it incredible that we don't fully understand the interactions and 'magic' of nutrients and bacteria within the soil.

I remember asking him once if he'd ever come across a field that didn't require treatment after analysis, he said only once and that was a field of permanent pasture which had never been ploughed, sprayed or had fertilizer applied  but just grazed extensively for as long as the owner had records. Jim was so excited about the results despite the fact he would not be earning any money from that particular field!

Jims knowledge of trace elements and the way they work together within the soil and plant fascinated me and I started working with him and his business partner Nina in 1999. It was about a year later that we discovered some exciting results after using a certain cocktail of trace elements on a crop of wheat  and Grazers was born!

27th September 2012



WELCOME to our blog.

Here is the team at Grazers Ltd....



Jonathan, Sally and Nicola

Sue, who helps part time with shows and marketing, is moving house today so we'll excuse her for not being in the picture (this time)!

There have been a number of developments with Grazers, particularly this year, which we will update you on shortly - and more exciting events to come, so watch this space!

We have realised this year that there is a growing awareness to an increasing problem particularly from rabbits, pigeon and deer. This has led to greater numbers of you visiting our website either for more information, to look for local stockists on our "local stockists" tab or simply to buy.

Hopefully keeping the blog will allow us to get useful up to date information, advice and news over to you quickly.

This is a quick introduction while we get used to using the blog so bare with us and more entries will follow shortly......