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Assessment of excess N2 for quantifying actual denitrification in NZ groundwater systems

Denitrification in groundwaters is a key nitrate (NO3) attenuation process, where leached NO3 can be reduced to gaseous forms of nitrogen (N2). In this study,…
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Orbiting kiwifruit water meters

Satellites passing overhead could assess water in kiwifruit canopy leaves and help identify when irrigation is needed. As councils tighten up on water allocations, keeping…
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Impacts of sediment on pātiki mohoao – black flounder

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…
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A Global Database of Soil Plant Available Phosphorus

Soil phosphorus drives food production that is needed to feed a growing global population. However, knowledge of plant available phosphorus stocks at a global scale…
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Assessing animal welfare in New Zealand pastoral farms

This report outlines how to assess the impact of regenerative farming on the welfare of animals raised for production. The possible effect of diverse pastures…
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Optimising on-farm nitrogen management in the face of regulated fertiliser input

The key purpose of this project was to investigate how farmers had responded to the regulatory capping of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser at a maximum of…
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Project Summary: Bananas on Northland Dairy Farms

This article summarises the results of a Rural Professionals Fund project that aimed to investigate whether growing bananas on Northland dairy farms has the potential…
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Digital Toolshed: LandscapeDNA (5 July 2023)

The LandscapeDNA information hub gives you access to interactive maps that allow you to explore land right down to property scale, and understand which contaminants…
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Measuring real time nitrate leaching from a Hawkes Bay onion Field

The primary objective of this project was to prove that successful real time ‘in situ' nitrate measuring was possible using a nitrate sensor and that…
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