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August 30, 2024
Resources for
Farmer/Growers
Michael Farr, Truestock
Discover new ways to take care of your land and protect your sustainable farming legacy. Put these resources into action and farm with pride, knowing you’re applying the best new knowledge to care for your environment and community.
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Guidance
Applying phosphorus fertiliser
Applying the right P fertiliser in the right places at the right time and rate can reduce losses. This factsheet is primarily for farmers, including…
Guidance
Using farm dairy effluent on free-draining soils
Additional measures, on top of regulations and industry good practice and guidelines, may be needed to minimise P losses from FDE applied to free-draining soils.…
Guidance
Using variable rate irrigation to mitigate nutrient losses
Variable rate irrigation (VRI), where the application rate of irrigation water across an area changes depending on soil type and other factors, can also decrease…
Infographic
Novel financing solutions for land use change (infographic)
This 2-page, A3 infographic gives an overview of findings, outlined in greater detail in the report, Novel financing solutions for land use change. The second…
Technical Report
Local Grain Economy: Pathways to Transition Framework
Aotearoa has the capacity to supply much more milling wheat to New Zealand eaters, but growing a local grain economy requires fundamental investment or support…
Technical Report
Implications of global price and supply of supplementary feeds on the New Zealand agricultural sector
This report outlines some of the complexities of the global grain and PKE markets and the associated risks with being very reliant on IPF. It…
Presentation
Reducing the reliance of New Zealand livestock systems on internationally produced feed
Presentation to NIPIM and farmers that gives an overview of: global grain production and New Zealand grain and feed production; imports of grain and feed…
Video
Healthy Waterways Register Webinar
The Healthy Waterways Land Management Actions Register is for all land holders, land managers, kaitiaki and catchment groups who sustainably manage their lands. This register…
Summary
Research Paper Summary: Shared Vision for Land Use in Wairau Marlborough
This research project aimed to explore the potential for the development of diverse agricultural systems and places to achieve greater social licence among the communities…
Summary
Transition of Pine Forests to Natives: Summary for Farmers
This handout provides a high-level outline of the management plan and economics to use pines as a nurse crop to establish natives. An indicative comparison…
Technical Report
Better Wintering – West Coast
The West Coast wintering project’s goal was to provide West Coast farmers with specific information on the range of applicable wintering system options alongside considerations…
Summary
Composting Mootels in a West Coast Context: Summary for Farmers
This farmer-facing summary describes the experiences and considerations from three case study farms on the West Coast, that have introduced composting shelters to the farm.…