Fourth-generation Wheatbelt cropping

Keeping Sprayers Moving With On-Farm Water and Liquid Fertiliser Storage

Wilgie Farms PTY LTD operates Wilgie Hills — a family-owned and operated farm in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt, with four generations on the land (Est. 1908).

Running a 100% cropping program across barley, wheat and canola, the team relies on dependable access to water and liquid fertiliser to stay on schedule through narrow weather windows. By building high-capacity on-farm storage, Wilgie Farms has reduced downtime, simplified logistics, and improved the efficiency of their spraying and nutrition programs.

Agricultural field at sunset

Tight windows, big daily volumes

Avoiding downtime caused by water and liquid fertiliser bottlenecks

Spraying and nutrition programs run on narrow application windows. When water or liquid fertiliser runs short, the impact is immediate: machines stop, labour is wasted, and the program slips while the team waits for supply or carts water between sites. With multiple spray rigs operating, daily water demand can exceed 70,000 litres during peak periods. When supply can’t keep pace—particularly across different operating locations—spraying efficiency drops and critical timing is harder to protect.

Water supply limiting spraying throughput

High daily water requirements across multiple spray rigs meant the spraying program could slow or stall when supply couldn’t keep pace—especially when servicing more than one operating location.

Liquid fertiliser availability and delivery delays during peak periods

Running out of Flexi-N during critical windows risked delays while waiting for product delivery and unloading—pushing jobs outside ideal timing.

Storage that matches modern application rates

A high-capacity Coerco tank network for water and liquid fertiliser

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Large on-farm capacity, ready before the season

High-capacity tanks allow the team to store large volumes of water and liquid fertiliser ahead of peak periods, reducing reliance on last-minute deliveries.

Faster loading and unloading for better utilisation

Efficient fittings and practical site layout reduce turnaround time—keeping spray rigs working rather than waiting.

Reliability and responsive local support

A dependable storage system, backed by responsive support when needed, reduces the risk of small issues becoming major delays during peak operational periods.

Less logistics, more time on task

Faster programs and fewer “stop-start” days in-season

Shorter spray programs during peak windows

Spraying efficiency

With storage constraints reduced, spray programs can be pushed through faster when conditions allow—helping protect timing and freeing the team for other critical work.

Supports high daily water demand

Water availability

On-farm storage supports the daily volumes needed to keep multiple spray rigs operating, reducing the need to pause while supply catches up.

Greater confidence in liquid fertiliser supply on-farm

Input security

With substantial liquid fertiliser held on-site ahead of time, the team reduces the risk of missing crop timing due to delivery delays.

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Wilgie Farms Case Study | Large Scale On-Farm Storage for Spraying | Coerco