Advice, Environment

Soil testing vital in Northland silt battle

23 July 2014

Silt deposits from the Northland floods have left some parts of the region looking like a desert.

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Advice

Double your dry matter production

21 July 2014

Trials at New Zealand's only long-term fertiliser research farm show that annual fertiliser applications can double your dry matter production.

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Advice

Abamectin toxicity and dogs

17 July 2014

Abamectin can be particularly toxic to dogs, especially collies, collie-crosses and border collies. These dogs often have a genetic mutation that makes them extremely sensitive to all endectocides.

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Advice, Research and Innovation

What is precision agriculture?

14 July 2014

In the past, farm paddocks were managed as single units with farmers using estimates of average soil attributes for the whole paddock.

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