Nutrient Management
Nutrient value of effluent
The average dairy cow produces about $25 worth of nutrients annually as farm dairy effluent (FDE). For a 400 cow dairy herd this represents about $10,000 of nutrients annually. If these FDE nutrients are used effectively then this significantly reduces the fertiliser bill. FDE is therefore a resource not a waste product.
PROVIDER
DairyNZ
Fertiliser use on New Zealand Forage crops
A practical guide on forage crop soil fertility and fertiliser requirements
PROVIDER
Fertiliser Association of New Zealand
Effective Nutrient Management on deer farms
Things to consider on deer farms to ensure that nutrients remain in the paddock
PROVIDER
DINZ
Phosphorus fertiliser use
Phosphorus (P) is the most expensive nutrient. It is also a pollutant when it gets into waterways. Careful management of P is essential to ensure optimal economic and environmental outcomes. The key is to farm at the economic optimal soil Olsen P – farming below the optimal means less profit and farming above the optimal means greater losses of P to the environment.
PROVIDER
DairyNZ
Phosphorus fertiliser use
Phosphorus (P) is the most expensive nutrient. It is also a pollutant when it gets into waterways. Careful management of P is essential to ensure optimal economic and environmental outcomes. The key is to farm at the economic optimal soil Olsen P – farming below the optimal means less profit and farming above the optimal means greater losses of P to the environment.
PROVIDER
DairyNZ
Dr Doug Edmeades: Making the most of your fertiliser
Podcast - Fertiliser and lime account for about 20% of Farm Working Expenses on a typical New Zealand sheep and beef farm. Dr Doug Edmeades shares his advice on how to optimise that spend by monitoring soils, clovers and pastures, as well as considering the components of fertiliser and lime – not just the product as a whole.
Successful soil and fertiliser management
Podcast - discuss the keys to making the most from your fertiliser and lime budget, what farmers should focus on and what they shouldn’t stress over.
Soil fertility for pasture
Lime use on New Zealand Pastoral farms
Agricultural lime plays a vital role in modern farming systems. Over time, most soils become more acidic due to a variety of factors such as leaching, decomposing organic matter, erosion, and plant uptake of essential nutrients. This booklet explains appropriate Lime use on New Zealand pastoral farms
PROVIDER
Fertiliser Association of New Zealand
Fertiliser use on New Zealand Sheep and Beef farms
The principles and practice of soil fertility and fertiliser use on New Zealand sheep and beef farms.
PROVIDER
Fertiliser Association of New Zealand
Fertiliser use on New Zealand dairy farms
A guide on the optimum soil fertility for New Zealand dairy farms, and the fertiliser applications required to achieve and maintain them.
PROVIDER
Fertiliser Association of New Zealand
Use of trace elements in New Zealand pastoral farming
A guide to trace element requirements and use in New Zealand pastoral farming
PROVIDER
Fertiliser Association of New Zealand
Soil Testing
A guide to the importance of soil testing, the tests available, and how soil samples should be collected and analysed
PROVIDER
Ravensdown
Plant Testing
Nutrient Management for Vegetable Crops in New Zealand
This book is intended to be a resource of best-practice advice to manage the nutrition of vegetable crops in New Zealand (NZ). The emphasis is firmly on practices that are scientifically defensible.
PROVIDER
Fertiliser Association of New Zealand
Managing soil fertility on cropping farms
Broadacre cropping is dominated by the production of cereal grains and pulses which are the staple crops for our population. As such society demands a reliable supply of high quality products. To meet these requirements while achieving an economically viable livelihood arable farmers have tended to invest in heavily mechanised high input crop production systems for which the maintenance of strong soil fertility is critical.
PROVIDER
Fertiliser Association of New Zealand
25 Don Street,
Invercargill 9810
PO Box 648,
Invercargill 9840
