News Tag Archive: RPF

The second diversification workshop was held in Phil Weir’s woolshed, with guest speakers from EastPack, Maui Milk, hydrogeologist Clare Houlbrooke and a farmer who is diversifying into avocado

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Water Availability and Other Barriers to Diversification

25 May 2022

Dairy Farm

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Online Tool Aids Freshwater Action

26 May 2022

Smaller trees growing in Hau stony sandy loam produced more than larger trees growing in Riwaka silt loam

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Finding the Key to Perfect Apples

24 May 2022

Bananas thrive in the heat and dry of summer and autumn

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Going Bananas

30 March 2022

RPF6: Farm map

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Scheduling Irrigation Using Satellite Data

23 March 2022

A more nuanced approach to irrigation could reduce nitrogen leaching

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Measuring Real-Time Nitrate Loss from Cropping Leachate

14 March 2022

Christine Finnigan, Terry Parminter, and Kim Bills beside the Nguturoa Stream on the property of Kim and Peter Bills

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Finding Out About Stream Health for Themselves

7 March 2022

Organic garlic is an alternative crop being looked at by farmer Rita Batley and friend Vanessa Witt

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Future-Proofing the Hill Country

28 February 2022

Sediment trap at Russell Proffit’s farm

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Traps Catch Sediment

21 February 2022

If regenerative farming can improve meat quality, particularly intramuscular fat and flavour, this could open up more markets for premium meat products, including from dairy cross cattle.

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We Are What We Eat

14 February 2022

Farmer Graham Smith prunes a Paulownia tree. Although not part of this research, he says his small dairy herd enjoys eating the leaves. The trees will eventually be coppiced and the timber milled and sold

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Shade From Trees Inhibits Pasture Growth

10 February 2022

Strip-till was used by farmer Stu Macaulay for his high oleic oil sunflower crop

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Seeds of Change

31 January 2022

LIC FarmWise consultant Edward Hardie (, left), and Karin Schütz from AgResearch on the trial site at DairyNZ’s Lye research farm in Hamilton.

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Cows Prefer Bore Water Over Town Supply

17 January 2022

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Digging for Avocado Gold

10 January 2022

New Ground December 2021

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Exploring New Ground

21 December 2021

Rural Professionals Fund 2022

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Rural Professionals Funding Round Now Open

17 June 2022

Collage of photos from Rural Professionals Fund projects (2020 round)

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“Maverick” Farm Advisors with Smart Ideas Invited to Apply for Research Funding

28 June 2021

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