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August 30, 2024
Our Land and Water has now ended.
Our mission was to preserve the most fundamental treasures of Aotearoa – its land and water – while producing value from those same treasures.
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Technical Report
Integrating horticultural and arable land use options into hill country farming systems: Site-specific crop options and value chain-based business case
The ‘Integrating Horticultural and Arable Land Use Options into Hill Country Farm Systems' research project developed a process for crop identification and assessment to help…
Summary
Supporting complex decisions on land-use change
A framework to support making major decisions about on-farm change is described in a short Research Findings Brief, for farmers, growers, farm consultants, rural professionals…
Journal Article
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…
Technical Report
Strip-till Fodder Beet to Improve Land and Water Outcomes
Fodder beet is an important crop for wintering in New Zealand farming systems. It keeps well through winter providing a high dry matter feed. However,…
Summary
New test for biological soil health
A quick way to assess the biological health of soil has been developed using molecular techniques to measure earthworm activity, but this needs more work…
Summary
35 Drivers Likely to Impact Farming in New Zealand: Fact Sheets
Each of the 35 global trends and challenges likely to influence land use change in New Zealand, identified by the Matrix of Drivers project, has…
Guidance
Monitoring total nitrogen in lakes
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for the growth of plants and algae. Whilst nitrogen is present naturally in lakes, concentrations may be elevated due to…
Video
The Value Project: How Can Aotearoa New Zealand Generate Greater Returns from Sustainable Production?
New Zealand is great at producing food. And we're getting better at doing it sustainably. So how can we capture that value and be rewarded…
Video
Agrivoltaics webinar: Effectively integrating livestock and solar energy production
A webinar addressing the legal and consenting considerations associated with agrivoltaics in Aotearoa New Zealand. The webinar brought together a panel of industry experts including…
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