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Research and Innovation
Smarter technology brings wins for arable farmers with new Potential Mineralisable Nitrogen test (PMN)
22 September 2021
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.
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Research and Innovation
The need for feed and the importance of gibberellic acid
10 September 2021
While nitrogen is commonly applied to boost pasture growth, the naturally occurring plant hormone gibberellic acid can also provide strong pasture growth benefits.
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Research and Innovation
No single silver bullet in fight against phosphate loss
21 October 2019
In New Zealand’s soils, phosphorus does a great job at growing plants but unfortunately it does the same thing if it makes it into our water. Once this dissolved phosphate is in surface water, it assists in growing the wrong plants such as oxygen-depleting algae that starve other organisms.
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Research and Innovation, The Experts
New mobile app makes ordering easier
10 June 2019
HawkEye, Ravensdown’s map-based farm software, now allows farmers to order product on their mobile or tablet, giving them more time to do what they love.
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