New Thinking
A component of AgResearch’s 2020 Science strategy is to assist with the creation of a viable future New Zealand wool industry. The target is to assist the industry double its value by 2020.
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AgResearch scientists at Palmerston North's Grasslands Campus are taking animal cleanliness to new heights by bathing their bumble bees.
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Award-Winning science educator Elizabeth Carpenter of AgResearch says sharing science with the community is ‘a real buzz’.
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Farmers have welcomed a new computer programme from Crop & Food Research. The LMI predicts the consequences of management decisions on soil quality and future productivity.
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AgResearch reckons its easy-care sheep will save farmers money.
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Two Lincoln scientists have been recognised for their outstanding achievements at the AGM of the Canterbury Section of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science (NZIAHS).
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Dr Andrew West, Chief Executive, AgResearch Ltd 'sows the seeds' for an important discussion – should the agriculture sector’s emphasis be on value or on volume?
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AgResearch has created a Science by Email newsletter to keep secondary school science teachers informed of the cutting-edge scientific advances made at New Zealand’s largest Crown Research Institute.
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AgResearch has committed $6 million with the intent to create a new dairy research and development farm in the Waikato, at Tokanui just south of Te Awamutu.
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AgResearch Chief Executive Dr Andrew West has announced that the country’s largest Crown Research Institute supported the creation of an international-quality, agritechnology cluster in the Waikato.
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New Science
It's been a thorn in the side of landowners for many years, but now new research from Scion has uncovered another reason to view gorse as a problem weed.
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Landcare Research scientists will trial new pest-control methods in Marlborough this spring which may pave the way for a dramatic reduction in 1080-poison use in New Zealand.
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New Zealand scientists searching for sustainable, chemical free ways to combat the varroa bee mite say a naturally occurring fungus may be the best solution yet to protecting bees from the destructive pest.
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A world-first 10-year trial by agricultural science institute AgResearch shows hill-country sheep and beef farmers can make the change to organics without harming animal health.
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New Zealand scientists have made a breakthrough in methane research which could reduce the amount of gas farm animals produce.
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Meat & Wool New Zealand, AgResearch and Ovita today announced that an important phase of an international project to map the sheep genome has taken a big step forward.
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In a world first, AgResearch animal welfare scientists have developed a technique that enables them to not only learn what an animal wants, but also what an animal feels.
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Townies still won't know the difference but AgResearch scientists have found a way to map the genetic code of the average sheep.
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A team of AgResearch scientists has been recognised by world renowned magazine ‘Science’ for challenging the centuries’ old model of how fungi grow in grasses.
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HortResearch scientists have uncovered the secret behind what farmers call "Dry Patch Syndrome" - soils that just don't like water.
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New Value
New Zealand’s leading DNA animal testing service, Genomnz™, a service of AgResearch, is about to launch a DNA testing service for facial eczema (FE) that could save the dairy industry millions of dollars per year.
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A drafting and teat spraying system developed by IRL and Rotorua company Technipharm has been awarded Innovation Centre Equipment Entry of the Year at the 2008 Mystery Creek Fieldays.
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Project Aho, the premier feature of ‘The Science of Farming’ exhibit at the National Fieldays, is a unique partnership between AgResearch, National Fieldays, University of Waikato and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu and presents keynote research, ingenuity and clever marketing – all based on the sheep and the possum.
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A project in the Waikato, involving a number of partners including scientists from Crop & Food Research, is developing options for dairy farmers concerned about nutrient management.
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New Zealand's horticulture industry has recorded its highest ever annual returns, with latest figures showing fruit, vegetables, wine and flowers earned a combined $5.2 billion in the year to June 2007. In 2006 the industry earned $4.8b
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Staff working within Crop & Food Research's forage breeding programmes are spearheading a new and exciting project to alleviate poverty within farming communities in Nepal.
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The organic certification of AgResearch's Textile Processing Plant has opened the door to the rapidly expanding and highly competitive world of commercial certified organic products.
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Smart, sustainable and high value products for global markets will come from boosting the discovery engine in the pastoral and food sectors, says AgResearch’s Andrew West.
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New Zealand dairy farms are slipping in terms of energy efficiency and greenhouse gas efficiency, and urgently need to focus on improved farm practices and intensification options to reverse the trend.
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Following excellent results from experimental releases at selected sites around the North Island, AgResearch entomologists are busy rearing thousands of parasitised Clover Root weevils for large scale distribution to farmers, thanks to support from DairyNZ and Meat & Wool New Zealand.
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