Nuffield 2013 Reports

This paper explores the options available to manage effluent within the New Zealand Dairy Industry. It also clearly investigates why Anaerobic Digestion is not suitable at its current levels of technology to be an option for commercial dairy farms in New Zealand. Then it provides some practical, innovative solutions to manage the effluent. Using 3 … Read more

Knowledge and skill alone does not result in practice change. Verbal persuasion, even well-articulated has low impact. Great extension is about a consistent focus on delivering to farmer needs that are self identified as well as those from gap analysis and doing it in a way that results in practice change. Seventy percent of change … Read more

The purpose of this study is to identify areas where the Arable and Dairy industries can continue to be industry leading and keeping the ‘sustainability stool’ upright. All of this, while fitting within the environmental framework we are likely to be faced with in the future.

Social media has given the power to the voice of the everyman, and whilst that may come with its challenges, the opportunities are there for the taking, especially when it comes to telling the story of New Zealand agriculture. The purpose of this report was to assess the value social media could have for the New Zealand agricultural industry to propel us into the 21st century.