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Advice, Research and Innovation, The Experts
Soil health paves way for arable success
3 February 2023
At Greenmeadows in Leeston, David Birkett is a third-generation mixed arable farmer with a lasting love of soil. He does a three-year soil testing programme as a rotation around the farm and is also checking for organic matter as part of a new testing programme with Ravensdown.
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Research and Innovation, Environment, The Experts
Microbial ‘game changer’ a win-win for productivity and the environment
3 February 2023
Lincoln University researchers working alongside Ravensdown have discovered that a naturally occurring microbe could help substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and the loss of nitrogen to waterways.
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Advice, The Experts
Future funding: the rise of environmental and social licences to operate
3 February 2023
Environmental and social licences to operate are fast becoming critical for securing competitive bank funding. So what does this mean for farmers? Andrew Laming from New Zealand Agri Brokers (NZAB) explains.
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Advice, The Experts
Climatic challenges lead to system changes at Skovland Farm
3 February 2023
A succession of three summer droughts and a sodden winter in the past four years helped to confirm a more sustainable approach to farming the land was right for Skovland Farm at Ashley Clinton.
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