The Lincoln College Farmers’ Conference was an annual event held over a period of thirty six years from 1951 to 1986. It was a forum for farmers with participation in the early years by district nomination. The strength ...

The Lincoln College Farmers’ Conference was an annual event held over a period of thirty six years from 1951 to 1986. It was a forum for farmers with participation in the early years by district nomination. The strength ...

If soybeans are to have a place in New Zealand farming, system, they must be grown economically, in terms of yield produced and costs of production. Inoculation with rhizobia will no doubt help to achieve this aim if the ...

To achieve maximum crop yield, factors influencing growth must be identified, evaluated and limiting ones overcome. Limits to growth will be revealed by studying the crop in terms of its physiology, ecology and particularly ...

The purpose of this paper is to outline briefly the problems involving trace elements and to locate broadly the areas concerned within the district. Several major elements will also be discussed. The problems appear ...

Some major achievements of pasture plant physiology are reviewed. Detailed study of growth patterns has provided an understanding of how grasses grow and how they persist in a grazed sward. Genetic variation for physiological ...

The Review of the Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute was published from 1961 to 1988 with forty five issues produced in that period. The Review was designed to communicate with all farmers in the high and hill ...

Lucerne as a dry-land fodder plant is centuries old. It is used in most lands subject to dry summer conditions. Its deep rooting characteristic, its winter dormancy, and its rapid growth in high temperatures fit it for ...

The production of seed in quality from a new herbage variety in the first step in making it available for use by farmers. This applies equally to “Tama” Westerworlds ryegrass, which is a new winter active annual variety ...

There can be few other forage plants which have stimulated a greater volume of research work than lucerne. Although part of the reason for this sustained interest may be its great antiquity as a fodder plant, for ...