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The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand promotes and encourages responsible and scientifically-based nutrient management.
We aim to:
As well as funding research, we develop New Zealand capability by supporting PhD research on nutrient management. We also support Overseer, an agricultural management tool that encourages better decision making.
Jeff Morton, Russell Tillman, Allan Morton
Completed 2018
AgFirst Waikato – Phil Journeaux
Completed 2018
Col Gray, Rich McDowell, Alasdair Noble
Completed November 2017
Jeff D. Morton, Allan Gillingham, Maurice Gray
Completed 2017
Massey University PhD project: Aaron Stafford
Completed 2017
AgResearch – Alec Mackay
Completed 2017
Landcare – Col Gray
Completed March 2017
C. J. Hoogendoorn, M. G. Lambert, B. P. Davantier, P. W. Theobald, Z. A. Park
Completed 2017
Dragonfly Data Science – E. Abraham, J. Cavanagh, P. Wood, A. Pearson, P. Mladenov
Completed 2016
Alan Gillingham
Completed 2016
The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand and Dairy NZ funded development of the Nutrient Management Adviser Certification Programme (NMACP). This industry-wide certification aims to ensure that advisers have the learning, experience and capability to give sound nutrient advice.
27 March 2024
FANZ is dedicated to funding research and developing New Zealand’s agricultural research capability by supporting PhD research such as the work of Massey University student Nicola Wilson who is undertaking research on ‘What Hot Water Extractable Carbon and Nitrogen can tell us about changes in labile soil Carbon and Nitrogen.’
1 March 2024
The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand recently updated its Fertiliser Use on New Zealand Dairy Farms booklet to ensure farmers get the best value from fertiliser applied and to align the advice with the Code of Practice for Fertiliser Nutrient Management.
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