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Paul Sutherland
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Landscape DNA Webinar for Rural Professionals
This webinar for NZIPIM demonstrates the LandscapeDNA website, an interactive tool to help farmers and their advisors view their land from different perspectives and understand…
Technical Report
Sediment traps in hill country
The farmers have been involved in riparian fencing and planting but saw a need to try and reduce the sediment load of water channels that…
Technical Report
Measuring real time nitrate leaching from a tile drained Hawkes Bay onion field: Final report
The data showed a strong linear relationship between the N concentration measured by the sensor and in the grab sample (sensor N concentration = 1.09…
Technical Report
Zero Internationally Produced Supplement in the New Zealand Dairy System: Final report
The aim of this project was to determine how the effects of removing all Internationally Produced Supplement (IPS), affects our New Zealand dairy farming systems…
Technical Report
Whole systems impact of composting shelters in New Zealand: Final report
The overall conclusion of this report is that composting shelters have diverse benefits to the human environment, the biophysical environment and to animal welfare, and…
Technical Report
Biological test of soil health using molecular techniques: Final report
During the feasibility stage of the project, we were able to identify suitable primers for the most common earthworms found within each earthworm ecological group…
Video
‘Summer safe’ crops
We need ‘summer safe’ crops because increasing droughts and changing rainfall patterns mean pasture is no longer a reliable feed source in late summer to…
Summary
Summer forage crops: Options for a drystock farm based on a Waikato case study
Options are required for drystock farmers to fill the summer feed gap. As part of the `Summer-safe multi-species cattle pasture’ project funded by the Our…
Journal Article
The longevity of fencing out livestock as a method of decreasing contaminant concentrations in a headwater stream
Water quality can be improved by fencing off streams from livestock. However, the remedial effect of fencing can fail as livestock trample near stream areas.…
Video
The impact of composting shelters on New Zealand dairy farms
Composting shelters are attracting growing interest from dairy farmers looking to operate more efficient, resilient and profitable businesses. This video (te reo Māori subtitles) presents…
Technical Report
Indicators of Collective Responsibility by Catchment Groups
This report makes some general observations about the process of developing indicators and then offers some suggested indicators for catchment groups and for support organisations.…
Technical Report
Supporting Land Use Adaptation for a Climate Changed Future
The convergence of water use consent renewals and dairy shed renewals may be a catalyst for land use change in mid-Canterbury around the early 2040s.…