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Whole-farm testing
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Whole-farm soil testing saves Taranaki farmer Hayden Lawrence about $15,000 on fertiliser each year.
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Don't let slugs surprise you
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Slugs can be devastating to newly sown crops and pastures, so ensure you check your paddocks before drilling.
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Beefing up the regional agronomy team
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We have invested in our in-region team of specialists to improve the quality of advice in order to help you maximise productivity and profitability in your part of the world.
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Early days but PGP trial farm excited by potential
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The opportunity to precisely manage a fertiliser analysis and application programme, on highly variable hill country, has East Otago farmer Rob Lawson excited.
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Superphosphate ideal for spring spreading
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As a potentially dry summer and autumn loom, Ravensdown’s Fertiliser Product Manager, Lloyd Glenny explains the gains from applying superphosphate in spring.
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Land use consents
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As regional councils across New Zealand roll out their land and water plans, the farming sector faces a whole raft of new challenges.
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Precision agriculture
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In the past, farm paddocks were managed as single units with farmers using estimates of average soil attributes for the whole paddock.
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Fertiliser nutrients
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Trials at New Zealand's only long-term fertiliser research farm show that annual fertiliser applications can double your dry matter production.
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Tighten the belt?
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The pasture grown on your farm is the cheapest source of animal feed available to you.
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Nurturing newly-sown pasture and targeting brushweeds
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Weed management in newly sown pastures is critical to the successful establishment of ryegrass and any companion species like clovers, chicory, or plantain, as well as ensuring the productive potential and quality of the new pasture is not compromised. Of course, there are other factors important to the successful establishment of a new pasture as well, such as good soil structure, fertility and moisture, grazing management, and appropriate nutrient application.
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PGP impact flows through to aerial topdressing pilots
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Farmers won’t be the only ones impacted by Ravensdown’s Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) programme focused on transforming hill country farms through the precision application of fertiliser.
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Five considerations before striking back against silt
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As the clean-up in the Manawatu gains momentum, farmers face a stressful time considering the state of their pasture and how much the silt will affect their soil.
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Elementary essentials #7: Sodium (Na)
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The alkali metal sodium (Na) is the 11th element in the periodic table. It is one of the 19 elements essential for animals but not for the forage plants we regularly feed to livestock.
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Ground Effect - spring 2022
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We're thrilled to bring you our 15th edition of Ground Effect where you can hear from thought leaders, fellow shareholders and industry experts.
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EcoPond beneficial in sensitive catchment zone
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Two pilot EcoPond plants are successfully operating in the Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere catchment zone, helping to reduce the amount of phosphate heading into the sensitive lake.
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Breakthrough for hill country farms
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Optimising production at scale is a challenging goal for farmers, especially on hill country. But highly accurate aerial imagery is delivering significant breakthroughs in achieving that goal at Ātihau-Whanganui Incorporation’s (AWHI) eight central North Island stations.
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Chasing carbon neutrality
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On Lochiel Farmlands near Pukekohe, Chief Executive Kim Robinson has been using the remote sensing technology offered by Ravensdown and Massey University’s Hyperceptions to map their vegetation and find out how close they are to carbon neutrality.
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Detailed farm scans ready for takeoff
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Imagine being able to determine the vegetation and soil nutrient status of each paddock of your farm using a set of images taken from a plane flying a few hundred meters above the ground.
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Voucher Options
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Trends pointing to productivity risk for New Zealand
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It’s no secret that the trend in the fertiliser industry is one of low levels of purchasing by farmers. But what is the medium term impact of this on farm-gate profitability, production and yield? We’ve collated information from a wide variety of research to assess the medium-term impacts of withholding fertiliser.
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