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Effect of boundary type and season on predatory arthropods associated with field margins on New Zealand farmland
(Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2014)
© 2014 The Royal Society of New Zealand. Pitfall traps were used to monitor predatory arthropod numbers along two types of field boundary, a post and wire fence line and a Cupressus macrocarpa hedge, along the same paddock ...
Integration of crop and dairy farms
(New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management (NZIPIM), 2014-06)
In this article we report on case study investigations in 2012 of seven farm businesses in mid-Canterbury. These are part of a further evolution within some of the region’s dairy industry towards the integration of crop ...
The history of lucerne at Ashley Dene
(Lincoln University, 2012)
Ridge-furrow plastic mulching with a suitable planting density enhances rainwater productivity, grain yield and economic benefit of rainfed maize
(Springer on behalf of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Science Press, 2019-12-27)
Soil surface mulching and planting density regulation are widely used for effective utilization of limited rainwater resources and improvement of crop productivity in dryland farming. However, the combined effects of ...
An economic study of wheat-farms in Springs County
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1929)
“Wheat is by far the most valuable plant in the world. It is the main source of food for modern Europe, for much of Asia for America and Australasia.
In view of its importance it is strange that there should be no record ...