Listen: Soil quality just as important as water quality A report released last week that highlights the declining quality of the nation's soil has been welcomed by Horticulture New Zealand. Although the Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) report, Our Land focused on water quality, it also brought...
Long term BioAg advisor Bruce Smith has relocated from Hawkes Bay to Northland. Bruce is now based near Whangarei and is excited to provide extended support and service for BioAg to the northern regions. Bruce leaves the Hawkes Bay after 20 years with the last 9...
A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems. A new report by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) examines the mounting evidence in support of a transformation of today’s food and farming systems. The report, titled From Uniformity to Diversity: a...
Getting more bang from your nitrogen investment If you cut your nitrogen by 80% tomorrow, would you expect your production to drop? Of course it would… if you did nothing else. Optimising nitrogen use is one of the holy grails in a drive to produce food...