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August 30, 2024
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Journal Article
The mitigation of phosphorus losses from a water repellent soil used for grazed dairy farming
Soil water repellency (SWR) decreases the infiltration rate of soil, increasing the potential for surface runoff in response to rainfall (Bauters et al., 2000). The…
Summary
Pointing the way: Indicators for a better Aotearoa New Zealand
This report summarises the programme of work undertaken by the Indicators Working Group and offers a few high-level lessons. The key recommendation is that a…
Video
Environmental Law and Agrivoltaics
Professor Catherine Iorns, of Victoria University of Wellington School of Law, discusses the RMA process for agrivoltaics, when the public get involved in the consenting…
Guidance
Impacts of sediment on shortjaw kōkopu
This is one of a collection of 11 fact sheets bringing together existing scientific information on the impacts of sediment on freshwater and estuarine fish…
Technical Report
Quantifying resilience to drought and flooding in agricultural systems
Soil has physical properties that affect its ability to retain water in periods of drought, and drain water in times of extreme or prolonged rainfall.…
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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…
Journal Article
Applications of the Soil, Plant and Rumen Microbiomes in Pastoral Agriculture
This paper was commissioned by Our Land and Water to test the hypothesis: ‘Significant additional gains in soil, plant, and animal productivity, coupled with reduced…
Technical Report
A pathway to Multilateral Data Sharing: Understanding and overcoming barriers to MLDS in New Zealand’s primary industries
Drawing from lessons of past attempts at data sharing, international experiences, multilateral trade agreements, game theory, and considerations of Te Mana Raraunga Principles of Māori…
Summary
Summer salads for hill country cattle
As climate variability increases, farmers need resilient summer forage crops. With pasture quality falling during mid- and late-summer this project explored mixed-species, single-graze forage crops…
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