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Research and Innovation
Bacteria-killing system wins agri innovation award
28 March 2019
A system that kills the E. coli and other bacteria in farm dairy effluent has taken first prize in the South Island Agricultural Field Days’ Agri Innovation Awards.
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Research and Innovation
Soil testing from sky set to take off with new $2.5m investment
18 September 2018
A soil fertility testing initiative being developed to optimise productivity and reduce environmental impacts is being extended to other farm types – including dairy operations.
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Research and Innovation
Ravensdown pilots new effluent technology
3 May 2018
Ravensdown and Lincoln University in Canterbury unveiled a breakthrough effluent technology today (May 3) that could significantly lift the dairy sector’s effluent and water efficiency.
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Research and Innovation
Cadmium: The facts
17 April 2018
Cadmium is a naturally-occurring, non-essential heavy metal present in low concentrations in air, water and soil. Cadmium naturally occurs in phosphate rock from which phosphate fertiliser is made.
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