Five aerial topdressing operators have left the industry and one was recently placed in liquidation as a lean few years and soaring compliance and maintenance costs take a toll on the sector.
Bruce Peterson, the chairman of the NZ Agricultural Aviation Association, said while business is slowly picking up, the industry has endured a difficult three years with fertiliser applications halving during some of that period.
“There has not been the work out there,” he says.
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Farmers Weekly NZ
