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Farm Management
Paul Sutherland
Our Land and Water aims to improve the health of freshwater in Aotearoa by providing impartial, robust evidence that supports good farm management. Use the filters below to narrow down our farm management resources to those that are relevant to you.
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Applications of the Soil, Plant and Rumen Microbiomes in Pastoral Agriculture
This paper was commissioned by Our Land and Water to test the hypothesis: ‘Significant additional gains in soil, plant, and animal productivity, coupled with reduced…
Summary
Scenario Model to Reduce Both GHG Emissions and Nitrogen Leaching on Dairy Farms
The Credence Attributes On-Farm research project modelled several scenarios to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on an average Waikato dairy farm. The model found one path…
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Direct exports of phosphorus from fertilizers applied to grazed pastures in Australasia
The 4R concept was developed to help mitigate P exports. This review investigates the factors affecting P exports soon after the application of mineral fertilizers…
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Water quality issues facing dairy farming: potential natural and built attenuation of nitrate losses in sensitive agricultural catchments
We developed a conceptual catchment-scale modelling analysis assessing potential natural and built attenuation of nitrate losses from dairy farming in the Tararua and Rangitikei catchments…
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Evidence for the effects of land use on freshwater ecosystems in New Zealand
We used the pressure-state-impact (PSI) framework to assess evidence of land-use effects on New Zealand freshwater ecosystems. There was substantial evidence of land-use effects, particularly…
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The ability to reduce soil legacy phosphorus at a country scale
The build-up of soil phosphorus (P) beyond plant requirements can lead to a long-term legacy of P losses that could impair surface water quality. Using…
Technical Report
Farm Soil Health: assessment across a forestry to pasture chronosequence
Ngai Tahu farming have the goal to maintain the life sustaining capacity of soils during the change from forestry (P. radiata) to pasture agriculture. Sites…
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Impact of delivering green dairy products on farm in New Zealand
This paper aims to explore whether consumers’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) a price premium could incentivise dairy farmers to deliver products with credence attributes (CAs) in New…
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Eutrophication and climate change impacts of a case study of NZ beef to the European market
Beef production in the Lake Taupō region of New Zealand is regulated for nitrogen (N) leaching. The objectives of this study were to 1) evaluate…
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Incorporating Māori values into land management decision tools
Environmental sustainability and the long-term wellbeing of Māori (the indigenous people of New Zealand) are interdependent and degradation of landscapes risks the progressive degradation of…
Technical Report
Interoperable Modelling – spatial economic optimisation
In this report we describe the application of the spatial modelling and optimisation framework LUMASS as a spatial optimisation tool in the Interoperable Modelling Project.…
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Demonstrating efficacy of on-land management actions to improve water quality: How can we quantify what actions have been done?
We reviewed 91 global publications and proceedings between 1989 and 2019 which assessed the complexities related to recording and reporting sustainable land use actions with…