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The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand promotes and encourages responsible and scientifically-based nutrient management.
Nutrient input sources could include those:
Nutrient outputs could include:
Nutrients are essential for healthy plant and animal production, and deliberate nutrient inputs are often required to enhance productivity and address animal health issues. However, poor nutrient management can lead to consequences that are highly undesirable, environmentally, socially and economically. Implementing nutrient management planning will help land managers to maximise the efficiency of their use of nutrients, which will in turn avoid or minimise adverse environmental impacts and increase overall production efficiency.
This Code provides a procedure for the management of all nutrients used in primary production systems, with special emphasis on the management of manufactured fertiliser inputs.
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.
9 December 2020
Aqualinc has been awarded the Irrigation New Zealand Innovation in Irrigation Award for 2020, in recognition of their work for the Fertiliser Association on N-Wise irrigation strategies.
25 November 2020
Two PhD students who have been supported by the Association, have published information on their research. The first measures the impact of phosphate fertiliser derived fluorine on soil microbiology and white clover. The second analyses the effect of soil cadmium on root organic acid secretion by forage crops.
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