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Stock Journal Beef Week | 2023
Make the most of your water

NE of the biggest "Whether it's challenges being like a house,
challenges most to making crop and the bonding between
OAustralian farmers plants grow, animals minerals is kind of like the
face is water. with digestive problems mortar that keeps it all
At times, there isn't caused by salinity, together.
much of it around and you issues with your soils or "So, what we're doing
have to make the best use even scale and calcium is exciting the water
of what you've got. build-up corroding or molecules in the pipe,
However, using hard blocking up your pipes, which essentially breaks
water or bore water that the quality of your down that mortar and Zac, Paul and Jai Pearce and their
is high in salinity creates water is fundamental to reduces the house to Hydrosmart system can alleviate
challenges of its own. the success of your rubble," he said. water problems.
More to the point, it operation," Mr Pearce If you have iron and
can impact your bottom said. calcium and magnesium before - you still have the
line. Many problems with in your water, their ionic same ppm but it behaves
That's why SA company hard water are caused charges allow them to differently and you get
Hydrosmart has come by bonding between bind up and become a much better range of
up with a technological dissolved minerals or molecular giants and outcomes."
solution to help "turn bad elements. it's the size of these The system uses an
water into good water and Hydrosmart's physical molecular giants that antenna and a number
good water into better water conditioning creates problems and of external coils which
water". systems use a series causes hardness. are connected to a small
That improves your of ULF and VLF radio "So once water has microprocessor on the
bottom line, according frequencies to excite gone through this pipe system which they
to Hydrosmart managing the water molecules process the elements supply.
director Paul Pearce and stop these mineral are more singular and It is cheap to operate,
who runs the SA-based bonds forming. it's like a healthy reset requiring only five watts
business with his sons They are softening without taking anything of electricity to run or
Jai and Zac, who enjoy the water without out," he said. "You've can be solar powered
helping others with changing its elemental essentially got the same and doesn't require any
their patented sustainable composition."If you think water and the same chemicals, filters or
water treatment. about your water as total dissolved salts as maintenance.
Why it pays for customers based in

SA to use MGA Insurance Brokers

N insurance and that’s when the grass
specialist has issued can get out of hand.
Aa cautionary note to “It could become fuel for
agriculture sector operators a fire and that’s a pretty
as natural feed flourishes in significant risk.
the aftermath of good rain. “It will have an impact on
Chris Matthews, livestock and infrastructure,
MGA Insurance Brokers especially fencing. Material
Naracoorte, said recent costs have gone way up.
rain events presented both “Steel prices are up 40
benefits and problems, per cent and it costs about
which producers and $10,000 for a kilometre
growers should heed. of fencing at the moment
“Down in the south-east Replacing fencing ravaged by fire can be an expensive exercise. Picture
of the state grass grows because someone has by Shutterstock
prolifically when it rains to roll up the old fencing
and while it is obviously and rip it out, then get in MGA Insurance Brokers With more than 65,000
beneficial to livestock contractors. is a proud Beef Week clients, MGA’s philosophy
producers it can also “A lot of people say they sponsor and has specialised has been to maintain
present a risk unless it can can put in their own fencing in general insurance for steady growth with a
be managed,” Mr Matthews but after a major fire there’s more than 40 years. It is branch network throughout
said. often a whole lot of other
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too wet to get machinery on fencing in to protect your as selected international capital cities.
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