The Experts

Droughts: How to generate more from less

5 August 2020

Climate change research predicts that farmers will face increasing climatic extremes. This suggests that the future survival of farming businesses in New Zealand will depend upon farmers' ability to design and manage resilient farming systems that can cope with climatic extremes and variability1.

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The Experts

Too much supplementation for too little benefit

5 August 2020

We need to be smarter with our assessment of mineral advice (especially trace minerals) and more efficient at supplementing.

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Environment

Waste efficiency makes lives easier

5 August 2020

There’s no doubt that farming on the outskirts of a township comes with its own unique set of challenges. Victoria O’Sullivan talks to Geraldine farmers Neil and Margaret Campbell about the ClearTech effluent treatment system they use to reduce the impact of returning effluent back to pasture.

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The Experts

Regenerating New Zealand pastoral agriculture

5 August 2020

I have worked in agricultural research and development in the area of nutrient cycles (soil/plant/animal) for over 40 years and in that time have also seen cycles of interest both from farmers and non-farmers in the way farming in New Zealand should be conducted. From biodynamic to organic, ecological to biological, conventional to industrial, all have their proponents and their detractors. The latest one that has fired people’s imaginations is regenerative agriculture.

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