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\u201cThe seedling phase is one of the most input sensitive of the plants\u2019 development. Boomaroo\u2019s ability to produce plants in a highly controlled growing environment helps to manage risk at this important stage and frees up land on farm for growers,\u201d Nick explains.<\/p>\n
The business of farming by its very nature can be unpredictable. Whether it be from the impacts of normal weather patterns, more extreme weather events such as the recent floods \u2013 or non-weather-related issues such as labour shortages \u2013 growers need to know that solutions can be put into place quickly and with a degree of flexibility.<\/p>\n
Boomaroo\u2019s team of territory managers and dispatch coordinators are focused on working with growers to ensure that when these events inevitably occur, we can respond in a manner that suits the grower as well as best looking after the plants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve built our business and reputation on demonstrating flexibility and working through challenges affecting our customers,\u201d Nick explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether that\u2019s working with growers to hold, re-allocate or reschedule seedling programs where necessary, finding extra plants to take advantage of opportunities, or anything in between, these efforts help alleviate the pressure on our customers allowing them to respond to the immediate challenges at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Close collaboration<\/strong> The benefits of these developments are wide-ranging. Improved varieties offer benefits such as better mildew resistance, reduced pinking in lettuce, slower bolting properties or tolerance to cold or tip burn.<\/p>\n Other developments include smaller varieties to reduce household waste or more flexible growing timeslots. These initiatives respond not only to the challenges in the field, but the changing trends and expectations of consumers and supermarkets.<\/p>\n \u201cFurthermore, our treatment programs assist in building resilience, disease resistance and improved nutrient uptake, thus improving plant performance and yield in challenging agronomic conditions,\u201d Nick says.<\/p>\n One of the biggest changes Boomaroo has seen in the industry in the last decade is the increased focus on sustainability.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has been driven both by changing consumer expectations as well as industry responding to the more volatile environmental conditions we have been experiencing,\u201d Nick adds.<\/p>\n A green approach<\/strong> Internally we have had a strong focus on water, input and energy reductions, and the adoption of softer chemicals and biological treatment programs. We have recently invested heavily in upgrading our water recycling, treatment and storage facilities, guaranteeing the availability of high-quality water to meet over 70 per cent our facilities\u2019 peak water requirements.<\/p>\n The benefits of these new reverse-osmosis, microfiltration systems in reducing our water consumption are enhanced by highly efficient irrigation and treatment delivery systems throughout our two facilities, in Lara, Victoria and Southbrook, Queensland.<\/p>\n Beyond the nursery gates, we have had a similar focus on supporting more holistic and sustainable farming practices on farm.<\/p>\n Boomaroo\u2019s beneficial host plant offering is one example of this, presenting growers with a range of flowering varieties, such as Alyssum, Marigold and flowering herbs to plant alongside their crops to support beneficial predatory insects on farm, which is a more sustainable approach to pest control.<\/p>\n \u201cOur Certified Organic offering is yet another example of Boomaroo responding to consumers\u2019 increasing focus on sustainability, health and wellbeing, and to minimise environmental impacts and our footprint,\u201d Nick says.<\/p>\n To find out more about the value Boomaroo can add to your business, please visit boomaroo.com or contact your local Boomaroo Territory Manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Value is a term that means something different to everyone, but common to all is that achieving value secures the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3744,"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3735\/revisions\/3744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBoomaroo\u2019s ongoing relationships with seed companies and involvement in nursery and field trials ensures that we can offer growers the most recent advances in crop genetics to best meet their agronomic, harvest or consumer needs.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/boomaroo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Boomaroo-02-900x600.jpg\")
\nEnvironmental sustainability underpins all decisions we make at Boomaroo \u2013 both within our nursery operations as well as supporting sustainability initiatives in the paddock.<\/p>\n