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http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Soil-Farming-and-Science - Applying science to improve farming and the environment. What do soil, farming and science have to do with each other? Learn about the effects farming can have on the environment and explore innovative science ideas that can help farmers and the environment.
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Cow
Dairy Farming
Dairy Farms
A Cow
New Love
Farmer
Soil
Dairy
Science
“If you were a cow, what would you want?” Findings from participatory workshops with farmers – PAPER
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Science Learning
Learning Science
The Soil
The Star
Meant To Be
How To Apply
Let It Be
Tupuānuku – land and soil - SLH T&L RESOURCE
Primary Sector, Pacific Islands, Drain
Primary Sector
Pacific Islands
Drain
Future drought could drain primary sector profit – MANAAKI WHENUA – LANDCARE RESEARCH
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Sheep
Farm Fences
Animal Identification
It Is Done
Agriculture Farming
Online News
Rural Life
Animal Welfare
Water sampling technology on trial - RURAL NEWS Aug 2021
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Nature
Healthy Soil
Regenerative Agriculture
Her Book
About Nature
Her. Book
The Land
Agriculture
The power of healthy soil
Nicole Masters has been passionate about nature and the land for as far back as she can remember. An independent agroecologist, she is the founder of Integrity Soils, which is a company specialising in regenerative agriculture. Her book For the Love of Soil, aims tp make education on land regeneration accessible to everyone. She helps farmers and producers, here and abroad to use regenerative agriculture practices.
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Penguin Random House
Mahi Mahi
Online Education
Bad Timing
Early Years
Lessons Learned
True Story
Family Life
Farm for Life by Tangaroa Walker
How farming helped Tangaroa Walker to stand up, stand out and realize his own dreams. The awesomely inspiring true story of how Tangaroa Walker turned his life around through farming - and how what he learned can help anyone succeed.
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Santos
Planting Illustration
Vertical Planting
Wedding Favors Packaging
Vertical Farming
Food Production
Fish Stock
Fertilizer For Plants
Human Food
We don’t need to eat insects, but we could feed them to animals
Livestock consumes 20 per cent of global protein. French startup Ÿnsect wants to cut the competition, by making animal and plant feed out of mealworms
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Scientists
Trees
Beef Farming
The Greenhouse
Carbon Neutral
Government
Stuff
Government scientists have busted research claims that our meat farms are close to carbon-neutral. One study – funded by Beef + Lamb – found that trees on sheep and beef farms are sucking up between 63 and 118 per cent of the greenhouse emissions produced. A new Ministry for the Environment report, released today, found the figure is closer to 33 per cent. The disputed number could have financial consequence for farmers. From 2025, farms are being asked to measure, reduce and potentially ...
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Water
Water Supply
Drinking Water
Fresh Water
Ghost
Fonterra discharging nitrogen-heavy water onto 'ghost farms'
Fonterra cleared the cows from 16 farms and is using the land to dispose of wastewater, which could be leaching a colourless, tasteless and odourless pollutant into private drinking water supplies. Fonterra cleared the cows from 16 farms and is using the land to dispose of wastewater, which could be leaching a colourless, tasteless and odourless pollutant into private drinking water supplies. It was on his runs that Neville Ross first noticed cows were slowly disappearing...
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Gas Chromatography
Anemometer
Academic Paper
Standard Deviation
A Novel
Using a field-based quantum cascade laser for the analysis of gas samples — ACADEMIC PAPER
The development of fast-response analysers for the measurement of nitrous oxide (N2O) has resulted in exciting opportunities for new experimental techniques beyond commonly used static chambers and gas chromatography (GC) analysis. For example, quantum cascade laser (QCL) absorption spectrometers are now being used with eddy covariance (EC) or automated chambers. However, using a field-based QCL EC system to also quantify N2O concentrations in gas samples taken from static chambers ...
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New Zealand
Farm Show
Environmental Law
Pest Management
Native Plants
Farmers natural guardians of biodiversity, new study says
A study of sheep and beef farmers' attitudes to managing biodiversity on their farms showed more than 90 percent supported its merits.
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Seed Starting
Plantarea Legumelor
Starting Seeds Indoors
Growing Strawberries
Survival Gardening
Organic Soil
Potted Trees
Garden Soil
Gardening Tools
Stuff
... nitrogen fertiliser is responsible for the pollution of waterways and the creation of nitrous oxide, a powerful and long-lasting greenhouse gas. Once we have a better understanding of the nitrogen-carbon relationship, we’ll be able to know if the increase in carbon storage from nitrogen fertiliser offsets the nitrous oxide production.
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Music
University
Waikato University
Carbon Cycle
YouTube
Professor Louis Schipper of Waikato University explains what soil carbon is, why it matters, and why it’s currently difficult for New Zealand farmers and growers to verifiably increase their soil carbon stocks.
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Primary Industry
Dairy Industry
Dairy Cattle
Dairy farming solutions — SLH TEACHING RESOURCE w VIDEO
The Waikato region has the highest number of dairy farms in New Zealand. It also has the largest number of dairy cattle – 1.9 million animals – one of the largest concentrations in the world! Dairy is New Zealand’s largest export sector, producing $17 billion of revenue. Stats NZ reports that, from 1995 to 2017, there was a 70% increase in dairy cattle. Increases in herd numbers also come with an increased environmental footprint. Historically, the dairy industry has had significant impacts ...