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Kōrero: Fertiliser industry

Worm farm

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Worm farm

This worm farm near Cromwell has more that a kilometre of worm beds (covered in polythene sheeting) that produce 300 cubic metres of vermicast per year. At any one time the farm may contain 300 million worms.

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Central Wormworx

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Ants Roberts, Fertiliser industry – The industry today, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15846/worm-farm (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Ants Roberts, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.