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Technical Report

The viability, feasibility, and environmental effects from using New Zealand sourced phosphate

New Zealand has accessible, on-shore sources of phosphate, finds this report. There are known phosphate deposits in Clarendon, Otago (containing at least 1.6Mt of phosphate…
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Dr James Turner on Taiao Manawa Ora: Purpose-led Change

AgResearch social scientist Dr James Turner recently took centre stage at the Revitalise te Taiao seminar held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington). The seminar hosted guests…
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Assessing the leaching of cadmium in an irrigated and grazed pasture soil

To decrease topsoil cadmium (Cd) concentrations we need to make inputs < outputs. Phosphorus fertiliser is the main input of Cd and leaching the main…
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Mai te Rangi ki te Whenua, Mai te Whenua ki te Rangi

This literature review identifies 5 actions that support the wellbeing of land, water, and indigenous people from a uniquely Māori perspective. The actions are aimed…
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Dispersed forage feeding to minimise negative impacts on soil and water quality

Scott Hassall harvests kale at scale on his farm in North Canterbury. Harvesting kale, (mowing, chopping, and feeding out) is not common practice in New…
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Projected wine grape cultivar shifts due to climate change in New Zealand

Climate change has already been affecting the regional suitability of grapevines. This has significant implications for New Zealand. We modeled key crop phenological stages to…
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Contrasting subsurface denitrification characteristics under temperate pasture lands and its implications for nutrient management in agricultural catchments

Subsurface denitrification plays a key role in the reduction or ‘attenuation' of nitrate contamination of groundwater and surface waters. We investigated subsurface denitrification characteristics at…
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Pā to Plate Grower's Guide

This beautifully illustrated booklet provides a brief grower's guide from pā to plate. Beginning as a research project in 2016, Pā to Plate has evolved…
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Denitrification completeness is related to oxygen

Groundwater denitrification varied across the sites studied by the Benign Denitrification in Groundwaters project. The main end product of groundwater denitrification (nitrogen gas or nitrous…
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