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Nutrient Management
New Zealand farmers can keep more nutrients in their soil by choosing the right fertiliser for their type of land and applying it strategically, so it stays on the farm rather than draining away as pollution.
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Technical Report
Signals for Land Stewards: Final Report
Signals are information from the environment that either enable or prevent a farmer from moving along a constructive change process, whether they are at the…
Technical Report
Spring milling wheat as a ‘nitrogen scavenger’ in the North Island
The use of wheat in the farm system should be considered as an effective nitrogen (N) mitigation technique. Wheat as an N scavenger crop does…
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…
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.…
Technical Report
Composting Mootels on the West Coast
Dairy farming in New Zealand faces challenges. The industry’s social license to operate is being questioned as environmental and animal welfare standards tighten. Amid these…
Technical Report
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…
Technical Report
Strip-till Fodder Beet to Improve Land and Water Outcomes
Fodder beet is an important crop for wintering in New Zealand farming systems. It keeps well through winter providing a high dry matter feed. However,…
Video
Monitoring Freshwater Improvement Actions webinar
This webinar explains an interactive WebApp that helps detect improvements in rivers, lakes and groundwater, and helps select appropriate monitoring technologies that enable early detection…
Interactive Tool
Monitoring Freshwater Improvement Actions Webapp
These WebApp tools will help freshwater stewards and kaitiaki decide what to measure, where, when, with what technology, and understand how much it will cost.…
Guidance
A practical guide for using green crops in New Zealand
This guidebook aims to make it easier for NZ farmers to use green crops more confidently and effectively. Doing so will improve nutrient creation and…