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Innovative Agricultural Microbiomes

Understanding and manipulating interactions between soil, plant and animal microbiomes to improve water quality and sustainable pastoral productivity
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Excluding stock from smaller streams

This factsheet is for farmers, industry bodies and regional authorities developing regional freshwater policy. Most of the contaminant load in waterways across New Zealand originates…
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Measuring real time nitrate leaching from a tile drained Hawkes Bay onion field: Final report

The data showed a strong linear relationship between the N concentration measured by the sensor and in the grab sample (sensor N concentration = 1.09…
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Science in Freshwater Policy Development

A case study of the role science played in the development of the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
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Growing More Grain: Impacts & Opportunities for Dairy Farmers

New Zealand’s livestock sectors are reliant on imported grain and PKE. Recently completed research asks whether growing more grain in New Zealand is a viable…
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Indicators Working Group

Investigating the use of indicators to help the primary and public sector meet local, national and international reporting requirements
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Regenerative Agriculture: Productivity, Profit and Food Quality

The 4th webinar in a series of 5 about regenerative agriculture in New Zealand, held on 17 November 2021. Speakers: Matt Harcombe (Silver Fern Farms),…
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Summary: Can Regen Ag Increase Resilience to Drought?

This one-page summary describes considerations for choosing indicators of resilience and study sites, and a recommended approach for quantifying resilience to drought and flooding in…
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Enabling Te Mana o Te Wai with Cultural Health Assessment Tools

In 2020, Poipoia embarked on research funded by Our Land and Water National Science Challenge with the primary aim of exploring the application of how…
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