Feb 28, 2014
It’s easy to criticise people, organisations and systems but it takes time and real effort to build something better. The superphosphate industry has been heavily criticised for producing crude out dated product, the performance of which has required the short term...
Dec 30, 2013
The lead article in The Press on the 22nd of October was headed Nitrate Risk to Infant Health, with a warning from Canterbury District Health Board medical officer Alistair Humphrey that, “a baby could die if nitrate levels are not more tightly controlled”. The term...
Nov 30, 2013
An article on the development of clover by AgResearch published in November 2003 starts with following. “If there is one thing New Zealand couldn’t do without, it would have to be white clover. While it doesn’t seem like an obvious one for the top 20 list of...
Oct 30, 2013
Over recent times there has been much debate around the topic of ‘biological farming’. As little if any nutrient enters a plant without first going through a biological process, all growing systems regardless of the label applied to them are essentially biological...
Oct 30, 2013
We grew up believing that clover caused bloat, and there was no substitute for horsepower when it came to Bathurst, with the way to increased horsepower being a bigger engine and more fuel down its throat. I remember an experienced farmer telling me that adding potash...
Aug 30, 2013
The wealth of this country is determined by the amount of humus contained in the top 25cm of the soil. It’s often been said that weight for weight, humus is more valuable than gold. By increasing the amount of humus in the soil significantly increased amounts of both...
