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Assessing the ability of a stationary pasture height sensing device to estimate pasture growth and biomass

Milsom, Andrew J.; Bell, O.; Bailey, K.; Brown, S. C.; Barton, R. A.; Moreno Garcia, Cristian A.; Chen, Ao; Bryant, Racheal H.; Maxwell, Thomas M. R.; Eady, C. C. (New Zealand Grassland Association, 2019-11-04)

Good pasture management requires an accurate knowledge of whole-farm feedbase, yet most systems for measuring pasture growth are manually operated and time consuming. A newly developed pasture-measuring device enables ...

Are organic standards sufficient to ensure sustainable agriculture? Lessons from New Zealand's ARGOS and Sustainability Dashboard projects

Merfield, Charles; Moller, H.; Manhire, J.; Rosin, Christopher; Norton, S.; Carey, P.; Hunt, Lesley M.; Reid, J.; Fairweather, John R.; Benge, J.; Le Quellec, I.; Campbell, H.; Lucock, David L.; Saunders, Caroline M.; MacLeod, C.; Barber, A.; McCarthy, A. (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2015-07-14)

Our review concludes that organic standards need to account for a broader set of criteria in order to retain claims to ‘sustainability’. Measurements of the ecological, economic and social outcomes from over 96 kiwifruit, ...