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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.
7 September 2022
The 2022 AgriTechNZ Baseline of Digital Adoption in Primary Industries report was released in August.
Created as part of a study by AgriTechNZ and insights partner Research First, the report was co-designed with partners The Fertiliser Association of New Zealand, Zespri, The Foundation of Arable Research and DairyNZ. It was also supported by the Ministry for Primary Industries as part of the Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures initiative (SFFF).
The 60-page report looks at digital adoption, including key drivers and barriers across the dairy, horticulture, arable and beef/sheep sectors.
You can download the report here.
6 July 2022
The paper was written by Driss Touhami of the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University. Touhami is also a member of the AgrioBioSciences Program, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Ben Guerir, Morocco.
The paper, titled "Effects of long-term phosphorus fertilizer inputs and seasonal conditions on organic soil phosphorus cycling under grazed pasture", was co-authored by Leo Condron Richard McDowell and Ray Moss. The report can be viewed here.
Read more about the long-running Winchmore trial on the FANZ website here.
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