Soil Collection
Time for our soils to be collected and laid out to dry.We have three soil types, an allophanic, a brown and a gley. Exciting!…
Soil Testing
We need the right soils (3 different ASC levels with low phosphate content) to go in our lysimeters...so we need to soil test the right farms to find them!…
Making our Lysimeters!
To re-enact what happens in a paddock as much as we can, we are putting soil into lysimeters so we can grow ryegrass and apply 'rainfall'.…
Tables for the lysimeters are made, thanks Ash!
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Funding Application Accepted!
Best news ever…our application was accepted…Thankyou Callaghan Innovation!…
Funding Application: Callaghan Innovation (Ministry of Business)
Callaghan Innovation funding application…will we be successful? Its highly competitive!…
Project Outline
After a national and international literature search we have a draft proposal!…
Idea Genesis
This trial idea came from the question we asked ourselves. How can we help farmers who need to produce more pasture at the same time as reducing environmental impact? As these publications show there…
Phosphate Retention Trial
Watch our phosphate retention trial as it progresses!…