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.
Pass It On: Families, Farms and Succession. Part 3: Draft a Plan, and Find a Structure
Break Feed: Thriving Farming Women, with Loshni Manikam
Pass It On: Families, Farms and Succession. Part 2: Engage the Family, and Consider Options
Break-Feed: Waste Free, with Kate Meads
Pass It On: Families, Farms and Succession. Part 1: The End Game, and Assessing Your Business.
Making positive changes at scale, with the Catchment Community Group Programme
Applied Agricultural research- What is the future? Dr David Stevens’ 2017 NZ Grassland Association Presidential Address
Beef Progeny Test: A frank conversation with the men at the coalface
Successful soil and fertiliser management
Breakfeed: Farming the Future, the 2019 New Zealand Grassland Association Conference.
Heifer mating: Breed ‘em, feed ‘em
Catch Crops: a way to reduce N leaching after winter crops, with Dr Brendon Malcolm, Plant & Food Research
Hill Country Farming in 2040: panel discussion at B+LNZ’s FarmSmart 2018
Eradicating Mycoplasma bovis – how to keep your farm free from the disease
Managing the risk of Mycoplasma bovis during the winter grazing season: Richard Laven of Massey University
Better Beef Breeding: buying bulls that perform
Better sheep breeding: buying the right rams for your flock with Annie O’Connell, Beef + Lamb New Zealand Genetics
Farming for more than just money – Steve Wyn-Harris
Hogget lambing – unlocking the potential: Professor Paul Kenyon, Massey University
Better Beef Genetics and the Dairy Industry: The dairy-beef integration project, with Doug Lineham and Bob Thomson
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