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The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand promotes and encourages responsible and scientifically-based nutrient management.
Sam Carrick, Linda Lilburne, Gerard Grealish, Pierre Roudier, Veronica Penny, Nadia Laubscher - Landcare Research
Completed June 2020
The Association funded a study with Landcare to test whether spectral analysis would enable practitioners with limited soil expertise, to cost-effectively characterise a broad range of soil profile attributes at the farm or paddock scale. This would potentially allow cost effective quantifiable soil mapping at a farm scale - enabling better modelling in tools like Overseer.
The Association funded a study with Landcare to test whether spectral analysis would enable practitioners with limited soil expertise, to cost-effectively characterise a broad range of soil profile attributes at the farm or paddock scale. This would potentially allow cost effective quantifiable soil mapping at a farm scale - enabling better modelling in tools like Overseer.
"The study was a proof of concept to test the practicality of the approach," said Vera Power, Chief Executive of the Fertiliser Association of New Zealand.
"To successfully implement the approach algorithms would need to be developed at a national level to relate the spectral analysis with the soil variables."
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.
15 April 2021
Good soil fertility is critical for our agricultural economy. We welcome today's report. One of the areas highlighted in the report is soil quality, and in particular, soil fertility as measured by the 'Olsen P' soil test. However, the report's analysis is based on a limited data set. Our analysis of industry data suggests a slightly different picture than presented in the report.
31 March 2021
Congratulation to Tim Jefferd, Regional Manager for the Eastern North Island at Agricom, who became the 300th person certified through our Nutrient Management Adviser Certification Programme.
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