Advice

Early spring feed gap overcome

7 February 2022

Combining Gibberellic Acid (GA) with liquid nitrogen (Flowfert N) helps bridge the feed gap in early spring for the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) herd in Canterbury.

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Advice

A formidable combo: Liquid N and gibberellic acid

7 February 2022

When the timing is right, combining GA with your N fertiliser application is a smart way to improve the efficiency of nitrogen applications and stimulate pasture growth.

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Advice, Research and Innovation, The Experts

New tool to measure soil mineralisable nitrogen

7 February 2022

The Potential Mineralisable Nitrogen (PMN) test and N mineralisation calculator are new tools to help farmers to reduce nitrogen (N) losses, save on fertiliser costs and maintain productivity.

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Advice, The Experts

Intense selection sifts out best varieties

7 February 2022

Terms like ‘high performance liquid chromatography, PCR testing and monoclonal anti-body immunoblot assays’ are not normally associated with the breeding of forage grasses and crops.

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