Fertiliser and lime account for about 20% of Farm Working Expenses on a typical New Zealand sheep and beef farm. Dr Doug Edmeades shares his advice on how to optimise that spend by monitoring soils, clovers and pastures, as well as considering the components of fertiliser and lime – not just the product as a whole. He discusses the importance of focussing on the weakest link (the most limiting nutrient) and he answers listeners’ questions. The topics covered include: the rise in potassium deficiency on sheep and beef farms; cost/benefit analyses of nutrient application; what phosphate retention means; economic optimums for soil fertility and pH, and how to apply them to different blocks in your farm; the benefits and unlikely risks of molybdenum; how lime works and how to use it effectively; and how we feed the all-important soil flora and fauna.
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - The APSIM model
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - The TGM model
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - Study sites used to collect data
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - Legumes
Breakfeed: B+LNZ’s Generation Next programme – Southland farmers Ben & Sarah Dooley
Breakfeed: B+LNZ Generation Next Graduate Bayley Coates
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - Understanding the Mātauranga Māori of native shrubs
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures – FarmSalus
Grazing lucerne on Willesden Farm, with Tyler Good and Derrick Moot
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - Farmer interviews
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - Value of the programme to farmers
Breakfeed: B+LNZ’s Generation Next programme – Southland farmer Georgie Galloway
Breakfeed: B+LNZ’s Generation Next programme – Northland farmer Jake Herron
Hill Country Futures: Panel discussion
Breakfeed: Hill Country Futures - An introduction
An international perspective on sustainable farming – Kate Liversidge, Arla Foods
Breakfeed: Wormwise tips for ewes pre-lamb and lambs at tailing
Greener Pastures: Priorities for a low-footprint, high-value food producing future
EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement and NZ’s Red Meat sector
Better Beef Breeding: the Informing New Zealand Beef Programme
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