Over the last two decades, agricultural production in the region has grown as a result of the increasing use of inputs, such as fertilisers, supplementary feeds and irrigation water, accompanied by the conversion of ...

Supplementary feeds are offered to grazing dairy cows to increase dry matter and metabolizable energy intakes; however, offering feed supplements reduces pasture dry matter intake, a phenomenon known as substitution. The ...

Biotechnology and, increasingly, genetic modification (GM) are some of the most powerful tools we have to keep ahead of the demands of an ever growing and increasingly health conscious population, while maintaining our ...

Ectomycorrhizal colonisation potential of Pinus radiata seedlings inoculated with the commercially available Trichoderma species bio-inoculant, Arbor-Guard™, was investigated in a commercial containerised nursery setting ...

Environmental indicators which measure the energy required to produce one tonne of milk solids under the production processes of the New Zealand dairy industry are available at the macro level. However, where intensification ...

This paper focuses on cross-cultural comparisons of innovation identity for selected nations. Through comparison with other nations, one can come to better understand the uniqueness of New Zealand’s innovation situation. ...

Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) is an important legume for New Zealand dryland farms. To ensure the productivity and persistence of lucerne stands rotational grazing is recommended. However, over spring ewes and lambs are ...

Many contemporary real life problems are characterised by uncertainty due to human-environment interactions. Such problems are typically qualitative, participatory, complex and dynamic such that the domain knowledge ...

The service sector is playing an ever-increasing role in China’s economy (Li, 2012). Nevertheless, the service sector’s share in gross domestic product (GDP) is still lagging behind the manufacturing sector. The purpose ...

New Zealand's sheep and beef farmers continue to struggle. With the global economic crisis stumbling along the situation on most farms is unlikely to improve within the next 18-24 months. Farmers have slashed spending, ...