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Nitrate poisoning: What not to do

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I often get asked the question, how do you prevent nitrate poisoning? My answer is always the same. Don’t wait until you see the signs, it will be too late. Nitrate poisoning can happen within one to two hours after eating excessive plant nitrates and once poisoned it’s really hard to reverse the problem. That’s why prevention is the key.

Test to build the best view

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In recent times, farm nutrient inputs and outputs have had a spotlight placed squarely on them. There is a requirement to be efficient, measured and accountable in nutrient use within farming, both from an environmental and a farm business perspective.

Don’t put off pasture maintenance

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Winter is a time when weeds can germinate and establish in pastures, particularly if the pasture has been stressed by drought, insect damage, overgrazing or pugged during wet conditions. This opens the pasture up and lets light through, allowing weeds to germinate and establish.

Fertiliser application technology

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More precise aerial fertiliser spreading has already proven it can deliver environmental gains, compared to blanket topdressing. But now fresh research is emerging that it will improve the bottom line of New Zealand’s hill country farmers.

Summer cropping plans

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As some pastures are nearing their end of life span, it’s time to put your summer cropping plan into action. Summer can be hard on your soil, and pastures, so the more lead-time you give yourself the better.

Potash spotlight

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Centuries ago potash was created by using a pot to boil water that had been passed through wood ashes (hence the name). These days the process of getting hold of potassium (K) in water-soluble and plant-available form is on a totally different scale.

Scholarship win opens Ag Science opportunities

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Code of Business Conduct

Ravensdown is proud to publish this Code of Business Conduct which encompasses our commitment to keep our people safe and safeguard our culture, placing social and environmental governance at the core of everything we do. This Code explains our expectations of conduct within our business and also for our engagements with our customers, suppliers and local communities. We have drawn together our internal policies and our renewed environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) commitments to provide a transparent and evolving Code which we encourage you to access below.

Smarter technology brings wins for arable farmers with new Potential Mineralisable Nitrogen test (PMN)

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A new soil test option for measuring potentially mineralisable nitrogen (PMN) is making it easier for arable farmers to keep tabs on the amount of plant available N in their soils for crop growth.

Beating the insect pests in forage brassica crops

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Forage brassica crops are a valuable source of feed for many farm types, but can be significantly damaged by insect pests both during and following establishment.

Droughts: How to generate more from less

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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.

Catch crops creating win:wins

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Canterbury and Southland farmers are proving catch crops are a valuable addition to the suite of tools farmers have available to reduce their winter forage grazing environmental footprint whilst increasing profitability.

Getting smarter at growing grass

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Trewithen is a 288ha farm with 1,100 cows in New Plymouth and is owned by the Faull Family from Waitara. In his third season, sharemilker James Barbour takes us through the farm’s approach to nutrient management.

Drowning in Californian thistles

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The Hocken’s Taranaki family farm has battled against gorse and Californian thistles for years. Two years ago Bryan Hocken gave me a call to come look at their thistle problem and they’re now starting to see exciting breakthroughs.

Farming through COVID-19 Podcast

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Hear from kiwi farmers about how they are farming through COVID-19.

NZDIA - Positivity Pumping

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The winners and finalists in the 2016 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are evidence of the opportunities for people to prosper in the country’s dairy industry.

Customer-centric solutions

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At the heart of every interaction, every journey, every sale; is a relationship. Throughout Ravensdown, the internal ecosystem we maintain to ensure successful solutions for each and every customer is very complex.

Growing food through COVID-19 – nutrient services essential (again)

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As farming gears up for a busy spring, farm nutrient provider Ravensdown has been given the green light as an essential service as it was during previous levels 3 and 4.

Christchurch site opens its doors for pick up

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Customers will be able to start picking their fertiliser products up from Ravensdown’s Hornby operation less than 48 hours after a fire affected the eastern end of its 14 hectare site.

New store in New Plymouth to improve quality of service

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Our new state-of-the-art fertiliser blending plant and distribution centre, which officially opens in New Plymouth today, represents one of our largest ever capital projects in New Zealand.