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Silvopastoral agroforestry systems for dryland corners in Canterbury farms

Potential future water constraints on dry areas of Canterbury farms, combined with existing animal welfare requirements, have spurred interest in practices such as agroforestry that…
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Does the quality of drinking water (bore vs town supply) influence water intake, milk production and animal preferences in dairy cattle?

Water intake and feed intake are closely related in cattle, thus conditions that restrict water intake are likely to influence production. Cattle are sensitive to…
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Barriers to diversification

This report covers a project funded by Our Land and Water, to investigate the challenges faced by landowners when they seek to diversify via land…
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The Power of the Current Monitoring Network to Detect Nitrate Reductions in the Selwyn-Waihora Zone

Plan Change 1 (PC1) of the Canterbury Land andWater Regional Plan included requirements for farmers in the Selwyn-Waihora catchment to reduce nitrate discharges to groundwater…
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Determining the economic and market potential of regenerative agriculture

The usual ways to measure the economics of farming need to be expanded to fully understand the costs and benefits of regenerative agriculture practices in…
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EU Green Deal: Impact on NZ Exports

The European Union’s Green Deal’s impact on primary production exports
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Method for measuring denitrification in groundwater

Groundwater contains dissolved nitrogen gas (from both the air and denitrification), and dissolved argon and neon gases (which come only from the air). By extracting…
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Integrated Landscape Mapping of Water Quality Controls for Farm Planning

Farm environmental planning – Science, policy and practice, February 2018
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Waerenga Trust, Matatau Whenua Research

The whānau of Waerenga East and West Incorporation join the Matatau Whenua project team to explore the whenua which the Matatau Whenua Guidelines come from.…
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