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Improve water-use efficiency

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Drip irrigation is the most advanced and efficient of all irrigation methods and involves burying dripline in strips underground.

Adapt or miss the boat as the world 'flips'

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Strap yourselves in farmers. It’s about to get very interesting. The world is changing at an increasing pace, and you will need to adapt your approach to business to prosper in the future.

Robust science underpins better decisions for primary sector

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Little is left to chance or challenge in Dr Brent Clothier’s work life. And that is just how he wants it.

Farming through COVID-19

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Precision Blending Plant

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Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, was at our Christchurch Works to officially open Australasia’s first Precision Blending Plant.

Leadership in disruption

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In a world of rapid change and disruption, visible and effective leadership provides both an anchor to stabilise conditions and a compass to provide direction.

New Plymouth Store

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Massive New Plymouth store to benefit farmers

What to do in the face of glyphosate resistance

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New Zealand agriculture has become increasingly reliant on glyphosate for weed control, so avoiding or delaying glyphosate resistance is an important topic.

Health and Safety Champion

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Last year, we held elections for Health and Safety Champions across the whole business. The goal was to get consultation going at 'the coalface' about ways to improve our health and safety culture.

Spreading

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Ravensdown has partnered with local ground and aerial spreading businesses to become the largest spreading operator in New Zealand.

IntelliSpread®

Topdressing for hill country farms used to mainly be about blanket rates when it came to the soil fertility needs across the entire farm. Until now.

OPINION: The realities of growing nutritious food

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How often have you read an article or heard a speaker refer to ‘chemical fertilisers,’ which levels a series of connotations as to health, risk, pollution and ‘unnaturalness.’ Ravensdown shareholder, David Clark, offers his opinion on the realities of growing food.

Dairy farmers cracking on with GHG goals

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Dairy farmers are making great progress in knowing their numbers – a key first step in reducing on-farm emissions.

Drought Recovery

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When dry conditions wreak havoc on pasture growth, and there seems like there is little you can do, it is time to turn your thoughts to how feed can be quickly generated once the drought eventually breaks.

Stakeholders

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Our stakeholders’ concerns are many and varied but one thing is vital. As a co-operative, we work hard to listen and anticipate how their world is changing

Ravensdown Update at Level 1

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Grow your advantage

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There’s no shortage of smart thinking on New Zealand farms when it comes to minimising environmental impact and optimising productivity. But like everything, there’s always room to grow your advantage.

Innovative treatments for fly strike prevention

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The prospect of having to manage fly populations resistant to chemical treatments is becoming a reality for an increasing number of New Zealand farmers. Without making changes to the way in which we have been using chemicals, we can expect the future costs of fly strike to significantly increase.

Accuracy saves you money

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If all the inaccurate fertiliser spread across New Zealand was added up, farmers would be looking at millions of dollars in lost potential profit every year.

Pledging to enable smarter farming for a better New Zealand

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This week Ravensdown stood with leaders from across the rural sector to pledge to help make our rivers swimmable for future generations. The group collectively represents 80 per cent of New Zealand’s farm land.