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New Zealand’s reputation as a quality food producer is growing.
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.
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
Jo Cavanagh – Landcare Research
Completed May 2014
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.
28 June 2023
Dairy farmers milking cows on a farm area of more than 20 hectares are required to record synthetic nitrogen use on their dairy platform land, including a zero-kg record if no synthetic nitrogen is used. The regulations require data to be submitted by 31 July each year for the preceding year ended 30 June.
14 May 2023
The New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research has published a paper titled Nitrogen fertiliser use in grazed pasture-based systems in New Zealand. The research paper was commissioned by the Fertiliser Association of New Zealand and written by AgReserch senior scientist Colin Gray.
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