Agricultural waste management is a rapidly changing technology. It is subject to government regulation and sensitive to population growth patterns, community attitudes and land use changes. It is influenced by variables ...

An understanding of the energy basis for human societies is incomplete if the current and recent energy flows in the global system are not recognised. These contributions include sunlight, wind, rain, ocean waves and ...

Pasture phosphorus requirements to replace on farm losses through animals and soil were calculated for a range of soil sets, and summarised for major soil groups economic farm classes and provinces. Predicted responses ...

The family Leguminosae is one of the largest families of flowering plants with members widely distributed throughout the world. The characteristic feature of the family is the fruit which is a pod. The family is divided ...

There is a demand for non-market valuation information in New Zealand which is likely to increase with current "more-market" policies. Information needs range from identifying non-market values, through methods for ...

The Council of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science (NZIAS), acting on the recommendation of its Membership Committee, decided in 1983 to carry out a survey of people involved in the agricultural profession. ...

The generalized drying equation is developed by studying the characteristics of rapeseed for drying air temperature throughout a range of 30-60° C, an airflow range of 0.21 to 0.53 m³(s m²)⁻¹ and an initial moisture content ...

The biogeography of New Zealand is summarised for its influence on current landscapes and conservation needs. The classification of terrain in New Zealand is historically summarised. The present changes in land use and ...

For large areas of New Zealand that suffer from agricultural drought, the only practicable way of providing irrigation is through the use of water harvesting schemes that divert winter flood water in nearby streams into ...

The Review of the Tussock Grasslands and Mountain Lands Institute was published from 1961 to 1988 with forty five issues produced in that period. The Review was designed to communicate with all farmers in the high and hill ...