Research and development

   
​Ravensdown invests more than $2m in research and development (R and D) annually, carrying out this research on behalf of our farmer shareholders.
Ravensdowns Chief Scientific Officer, Ants Roberts, aka Dr Dirt Ravensdown’s Chief Scientific Officer, Ants Roberts, aka Dr Dirt

We believe that science is the key to maximising the potential of farming businesses.  It gives us the opportunity to make sure our farmer shareholders remain competitive by giving us new knowledge and innovations so we can be more efficient and achieve productivity gains.  It also helps us to do these things in a more sustainable manner.

Current Research and Development programmes include:

 

Research​

​Development

Decreasing nitrate leaching in grazed pastures​

Lincoln University and subcontractors​

South Island dairy farming research​

Lincoln University, Southland Demonstration Farm and others​

Fertiliser product development​

In-house​

Field testing of developed products​

Subcontractors​

Continued development of nutrient budget (Overseer) software​

AgResearch and others​