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Paul Sutherland
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Summary
Case Study: Establishment of Ground cover species in Apple Orchard
We wanted to better understand if low-growing, perennial plants can be established as a ground cover in pipfruit orchards, as an alternative to a traditional…
Technical Report
Establishing perennial ground cover species, as a management practice to suppress weeds in a pipfruit orchard’s “weed spray strip”
Can low-growing, perennial plants be established as a ground cover in pipfruit orchards, as a replacement for a traditional ‘weed spray strip’ management practice? In…
Technical Report
Systems Thinking for Future Farm System Design
A farming business is an example of a complex and integrated system. Integrated systems (such as those involving land, water, air and people) are good…
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
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…
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.…