Vol 84 (2022)

Research article

• Long-term measurement and modelling of net herbage accumulation in grazed pastures do not align with predictions under climate change

  Alec Mackay, Mike Dodd, Kathryn Hutchinson, Ronaldo Vibart, Brian Devantier, Franco Bilotto

  5-10

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• Mitigating the impacts of weather on lamb survival in Southern New Zealand

  David Stevens, Marie Casey

  11-20

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• Understanding the impacts of climate change on lamb survival and lambing date in Southern New Zealand

  David Stevens, Marie Casey

  21-30

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• Summer growth rates and annual yields of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) in the Upper North Island are expected to decline as a result of climate change

  Andrea Babylon, Simon Woodward, Pierre Beukes

  31-40

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• Establishing tagasaste from seed in Waikato hill country

  Katherine Tozer, Grant Douglas, Caitlyn Dawbin, Rose Greenfield, Catherine Cameron

  41-48

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• Responses of Lotus pedunculatus to sulphur fertiliser and defioliation regime in acid soils at low temperature

  David Stevens, Marie Casey, Charlie Bennett, Bryan Thompson, Nick Garden, Pat Garden

  49-56

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• Mapping groundcover of clover species in hill pastures in Wairarapa

  Sonya Olykan, Richard Lucas, Derrick Moot

  57-66

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• Performance of plantain pastures on Tararua dairy farms

  Felix Rodriguez-Firpo, Philippa Hedley, Mike Dodd, Adam Duker, Denise Chandler

  67-72

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• Plantain dominated in mown mixed swards, but produced less than the original ryegrass-dominant sward

  Anna Taylor, Ray Moss

  73-78

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• Total annual and seasonal DM production of improved and unimproved resident pastures at three farms in Canterbury

  Malcolm Smith, Annamaria Mills, Derrick Moot

  79-94

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• Tactical use of gibberellic acid and nitrogen fertiliser to improve production of perennial ryegrass and white clover swards

  Melanie Miller, Grant Edwards, Helen Hague, Racheal H. Bryant

  95-102

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• Agronomic performance of summer forage crops on a Waikato dry-stock farm

  Tracy Dale, Katherine Tozer, Phil Weir, Maryann Staincliffe

  103-114

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• What are the best pasture improvement options for different South Island hill and high-country environments?

  Jeff Morton, Jim Moir, Derrick Moot

  115-122

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• Assessing soil health following conversion from forestry to pasture in Canterbury

  Nicole L Schon, Ants Roberts, Rhys Narbey

  123-130

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• Exploring farm level response to multiple drivers of change, a West Coast case study.

  Taisekwa Lordwell Chikazhe, Pierre Beukes, Dawn Dalley, Robyn Dynes, Kathryn Hutchinson

  131-138

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• Can low input dairy systems be economically and environmentally sustainable? Results from a farmlet study.

  Jacobus Christiaan Kok, Penelope Chapman, Helen Hague, Jeffery Curtis, Omar Al-Marashdeh, Pierre Beukes, Peter Amer, Racheal Bryant

  136-146

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• A quantitative case study assessment of the biophysical and economic effects of three different feed management systems in a Northland farmlet trial

  Jane Kay, Chris Boom, Kim Robinson, Kerry Chestnut

  147-154

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• A survey comparing regeneratively and conventionally managed pastures and farm management policies

  Katherine Tozer, Rose Greenfield, Steven Howarth, Mustafa Farouk, Tracey Bayliss

  155-164

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• Water quality information for farmer decision making in the Nguturoa catchment, Manawatu

  Terry Parminter, Christine Finnigan

  165-176

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• Profit, productivity, and eco-efficiency of using Caucasian clover/ grass pastures in hill country farms

  David Stevens, Anna Taylor

  177-188

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• GPS technology as a tool to aid pasture management on dairy farms

  Wayne Hofmann, Mark Neal, Siimon Woodward, Tania ONeill

  189-196

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• Effect of weaning system on lamb growth, mammary gland development and ewe milk production in dairy sheep managed in an outdoor pasture-based commercial farming system

  Sue Anne McCoard, Shen-y Hea, Adrian Molenaar, Katherine Lowe, Marita Broadhurst, David Stevens

  197-208

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