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Central Injection Agri

Keeping costs low, improving soils, reducing environmental impact.

Central Injection Agri provides expert slurry management and rock removal services designed to optimise your farms bottom line. From pond stirring to paddock rehabilitation, we offer professional slurry application and complete rock picking solutions – featuring discing and rock hauling. All tailored to your unique farming operations

What we do

Specialised on-farm services

From pond to paddock, we have the gear and the know-how to turn your farm’s by-products into profit – and your stony ground into productive paddocks.

Slurry Injection

Slurry Injection

Slurry injection enhances nutrient absorption in soil, reduces odour, and minimises nutrient runoff while protecting the environment.

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Rock Picking

Rock Picking

The ELHO stone picker efficiently clears stones from fields, enhancing soil quality and crop yields while saving time, labour and preventing implement damage.

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Green Waste Compost

Green Waste Compost

Organic compost enriches soil, enhances water retention and boosts fertility. Using local green waste compost reduces the need for chemical fertilisers on your farm.

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Muck Spreading

Muck Spreading

Broad coverage, precise application – making muck work! High-quality muck spreading with state-of-the-art equipment, engineered for precision and efficiency.

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Pond Stirring

Pond Stirring

Properly maintaining your effluent pond can be challenging but essential. Frequent mixing maximises nutritional potential and improves pasture yield.

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Ground Preparation

Ground Preparation

Light discing to loosen material and expose rocks, then rock cartage to your chosen location. Talk to the team to tailor the service to your needs.

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The team

Your dedicated agricultural contractor partner

Central Injection Agri, your local ag contractors, is dedicated to providing top-notch on-farm solutions. Our nutrient application systems enhance crop growth and soil health efficiently.

Correctly managed, the slurry and manure output on your farm can be a cost-effective way of fertilising your paddocks while also being environmentally friendly. Here at Central Injection Agri we have taken that ethos one step further by injecting this nutrient-rich by-product directly into your soil.

About us

Slurry injection

How traditional slurry spreading affects your land

  • Slurry sits on the ground making it susceptible to runoff when the rain comes, threatening contamination of waterways.
  • Surface slurry emits an unpleasant odour, releasing gas into the atmosphere.
  • It smothers the topsoil and doesn’t allow the earth’s natural enzymes to work effectively.

Over time there have been many experiments using these two techniques to identify just which option is most beneficial for the land. Hands down – slurry injection is recognised as the most beneficial option. If you want a quick turnaround between harvesting and reusing your land, slurry injection is the way to go.

We have applied slurry using this technique over many farms in Mid and South Canterbury. The yield of the grass and crops tends to be healthier and thicker, and areas compacted by traditional slurry spreading have rejuvenated into higher-yielding crops.

Why inject?

Benefits of slurry injection

Make use of this liquid by-product from your cattle and inject it directly into the soil.

More nutrients

Injected slurry increases nutrient availability in the soil, encouraging grass growth as the pasture hasn’t been smothered.

Less runoff

Decreases pollution to your and your neighbour’s property and to surrounding waterways and habitats.

Lower costs

Reduce fertiliser costs by putting a resource you already have to work on your paddocks.

Smaller footprint

Less odour, lower ammonia emissions and no soil compaction from heavy tankers crossing the paddock.

ELHO stone picker at work in a Canterbury paddock

Stone removal

A real game changer for your land

At Central Injection Agri, we understand the challenges that rocks can pose to farmers in our region. Our rock picking service – in the form of Rocky and Roxy, our ELHO Scorpio stone pickers – is on hand to address these challenges head-on.

We start with paddock preparation, using light discing to loosen material and expose rocks. Then we lift rocks with the ELHO and haul them to your chosen location.

ELHO Stone Picker

Our rock picking service

Ground preparation

Light discing loosens material and exposes rocks, then we haul them to your chosen location.

Rock removal

Meticulously removes rocks of all sizes for a smooth, obstacle-free surface for planting and harvesting.

Damage prevention

Protect your crops and say goodbye to broken ploughs, cultivators and harrows.

Increased productivity

Maximise your land’s potential, leading to higher crop yields and increased profitability.

What farmers say

Customer reviews

Hear from some of the clients we have worked with.

We have used Tom for both slurry and solid manure spreading since he started in business and thoroughly recommend his operation. They are very professional and with a great sense of (Irish) humour at the same time! The umbilical injection system is great as it saves on the huge amount of track/laneway wear and tear that heavy tankers create. He runs great, well maintained, clean gear and is a pleasure to have working on the farm.

Stu & Andrea Weir
Glenwillow Farm & Real Milk Timaru

We have hired Central Injection Agri Ltd for many seasons to empty our three dairy shed effluent ponds at Cumberland. We have found the direct injection system to be a quick and efficient method of emptying high effluent volumes onto paddocks. The umbilical piping system keeps our cow tracks intact and the direct injection allows the pasture to make best use of the effluent. We certainly see the results in the following season with extra grass growth. Tom and his team have always provided a professional service that is tailored to our needs. I have no hesitation in recommending their service.

Charlie Coffin
Cumberland Dairy Farm Ltd

We have been using CIA for 4 years now and won’t be stopping anytime soon! The results we are getting from the slurry injection are a real game changer! It is allowing us to skip 2 rounds of synthetic fertiliser across nearly 30ha which is a great saving! Thomas and his crew are great and make it look very easy! The best part about pond to paddock pumping is there is no issues with track damage, and it makes the process very fast!

Hamish, Alan and Geoff
North Eyre Holdings Ltd

We have had Thomas O’Keeffe pumping out our effluent ponds for quite a few years now and I have found him to be a genuine hard working guy, good to talk to and has always had competitive rates and works efficiently till the job is done. He will come ‘at the drop of a hat’ if you are having trouble being compliant because of pump breakdowns etc. which we really appreciate.

Simon Riordan
WHL Farms

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