Crop consulting
Paddock plans, in-season crop checks every 14 days, and nutrition and spray recommendations written against your own soil results.
From $14/haAgronomist on call
Farmer-owned since 1962 · 1,240 member farms
Agronomy, inputs and storage, owned by the growers who use them.
Tiller Agri Co-op backs grain and mixed farms across the Ridgeway Plains with crop consulting, a soil lab, a 38-machine hire fleet, seed and fertiliser at member prices, and 86,000 tonnes of storage.
- 48 hrsoil lab turnaround
- 86,000 tsegregated storage
- 38machines in the hire fleet
What we do
Five services, one account, one agronomy record.
Every soil result, crop plan, input order and grain ticket sits on the same member file, so your agronomist can see the whole season before recommending the next move.
All service detailsSoil testing
Grid or zone sampling at two depths, analysed in our own lab, returned as a nutrient report and a variable-rate prescription map.
From $38/sample48 hr results
Machinery hire
Tractors, sprayers, seed drills and balers, serviced between every hire and delivered to the farm gate with an optional operator.
From $160/day38 machines
Seed and fertiliser
Certified seed, custom fertiliser blends mixed to your prescription, and bulk delivery or depot pickup through the sowing window.
Member pricingCustom blends
Grain storage
Segregated silo and bunker storage with on-site grading, warehousing at cost for members, and a grain desk to help time your sales.
86,000 t capacityGrade on arrival
Not sure where to start?
Walk a paddock with an agronomist.
A first visit is free for members. We look at the crop, the soil and the last three seasons of records, then tell you where the money is.
Arrange a visitGrain desk
Indicative commodity prices
Delivered Ridgeway depot, GST exclusive. Bids are refreshed at 06:30 each trading day. Select a commodity to see its 15-day trend.
| Commodity | Spot bid | Change | Harvest bid | 15-day trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $368.50/t | Up4.50+1.2% | $372.00/t | +5.6% | |
| $302.00/t | Down3.00−1.0% | $309.00/t | −3.8% | |
| $742.00/t | Up11.00+1.5% | $735.00/t | +4.8% | |
| $318.00/t | Down1.50−0.5% | $324.50/t | −2.2% |
- High
- $368.50
- Low
- $349.00
- Average
- $357.37
Indicative only. These figures are illustrative bids for demonstration, move through the day, and are not an offer to buy. Call the grain desk on (555) 014-2200 for a firm price and contract terms.
Plan the season
Yield and input calculator
Enter a paddock, a crop and a yield target. We estimate the seed and fertiliser to get there, what it costs at member prices, and what the crop could be worth at today’s bid.
Estimate
120 ha of wheat at 3.5 t/ha
Seed
t
kg/ha
Urea 46-0-0
t
kg/ha
MAP 11-22-0
t
kg/ha
Potash 0-0-50
t
kg/ha
Input cost at member prices
- Seed
- Urea
- MAP
- Potash
- Total inputs
- /ha
- Projected harvest
- tat your target
- Indicative crop value
- at /t spot
Rule-of-thumb estimate for planning only, based on typical nutrient removal and a 65% nitrogen efficiency. Rates change with soil test results, rainfall and rotation.
Sustainability
Measured on members’ paddocks.
Better soil data means fewer wasted passes and less fertiliser in the wrong place. These are the numbers from the last five seasons, reported every harvest and checked by an independent agronomist.
18,400
soil samples analysed in our lab last season
23%
less nitrogen applied per tonne of grain than our five-season baseline
61%
of member hectares sown with no-till or minimum tillage
4,850 t
CO2e avoided through variable-rate spreading and controlled traffic
Join the co-op
Members own the depot, the fleet and the rebate.
Tiller returns its surplus to the farms that trade with it. Last season that came to an average rebate of $3,860 per member farm, credited against the next input order.
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Member input pricing
Seed and fertiliser at an average 8% under standard price lists.
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Annual surplus rebate
Paid in proportion to what you spend and store with the co-op.
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Priority hire windows
Book sprayers and seeders 21 days ahead of non-members at sowing.
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One free soil test a season
A standard panel on your choice of paddock, sampled by our team.
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Storage at cost
Warehousing fees set to cover running costs, with no margin added.
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A vote on the board
Elect the seven grower directors who set strategy and prices.
| Typical costs | Standard | Member |
|---|---|---|
| Urea, per tonne | $825 | $760 |
| 210 hp tractor, per day | $795 | $690 |
| Standard soil panel | $64 | $56 |
| Grain storage, per tonne per month | $2.10 | $1.45 |
Agronomy team
Agronomists who know your district.
Four advisers, 71 seasons between them, each covering one district so the person walking your paddock knows the soils down the road.
Maren Holt
Senior agronomist · North district
Cereal nutrition and nitrogen budgeting. Runs the co-op’s wheat variety trials.
- Wheat
- Barley
- N budgets
Dev Arora
Soil scientist · Lab manager
Oversees sampling grids, lab quality control and the prescription maps that go to spreaders.
- Soil chemistry
- pH and lime
- Grids
Callum Reid
Precision agriculture lead · East district
Yield maps, variable-rate files and setting up hired machinery for auto-steer.
- Yield maps
- VRA
- Guidance
Ines Varga
Agronomist · South district
Canola and pulse rotations, herbicide resistance testing and spray timing.
- Canola
- Pulses
- Weed resistance
News and field days
From the depot and the trial plots.
Receival updates, trial results and the dates worth putting in the diary before the season gets busy.
New moisture and screenings limits for harvest intake
Wheat receival moves to a 12.5% moisture ceiling and a 5% screenings limit at Ridgeway, with blending bays open for loads just over.
Three canola hybrids compared across 14 member paddocks
The mid-season hybrid led on oil, but the gap closed on lighter soils.
Why we are moving to 2.5 ha sampling grids
Finer grids found 30% more variation in phosphorus across the same paddocks.
Upcoming field days
4 events-
Canola trial plot walk
Holt paddock, Ridgeway Road · 9:00–12:00
Trial walk -
Boom sprayer calibration clinic
Tiller machinery yard · 7:30–10:30
Hands-on -
Grain marketing breakfast
Ridgeway depot meeting room · 6:30–8:30
Members -
Soil health and lime workshop
Eastfield community hall · 13:00–16:00
Workshop
Talk to the co-op
Tell us what the season needs.
An agronomist, the grain desk or the machinery yard calls you back within one business day. Members can also drop into the depot office.
- Ridgeway depot1480 Silo Road, Ridgeway Plains
- Agronomy(555) 014-2210
- Emailhello@example.com
- Office hoursMon–Fri 7:00–17:00 · Sat 8:00–12:00