ScienceNZ: Agriculture & Pastoral

A powerful new online resource assists understanding our natural environments and resources

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:22:45 GMT

With the launch of the Land Resource Information System (LRIS) Portal http://lris.scinfo.org.nz, individuals working in regional and central government, industry, research and education now have quick and easy access to environment data held by Landcare Research.

Farmers embrace healthy Bee campaign

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:39:30 GMT

An ongoing Landcare Research programme that highlights the importance of bees to agriculture and offers practical ways to encourage better bee health on New Zealand farms is proving highly popular.

Bayer Animal Health and Paraco agree on access to lead molecules

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:36:47 GMT

Bayer Animal Health GmbH and Paraco Technology Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of AgResearch, have signed an option agreement allowing Bayer exclusive access to Paraco’s current lead molecules for testing and development in animal health.

Work at Tokanui Dairy Research Farm progressing well

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:33:35 GMT

Research at AgResearch’s Tokanui Dairy Research Farm in dairy cow productivity is further examining the role and interrelationships that environmental and genetic influences play in milk production.

Scientist honoured for animal health and parasite management

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:32:33 GMT

AgResearch parasitologist Dr Dave Leathwick has received the 2010 McMeekan Memorial Award for his work in parasite management and drenching practices in the New Zealand sheep industry.

GE discovery promises higher farm productivity and improved environment

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:29:21 GMT

AgResearch scientists and the team from subsidiary company, Grasslanz Technology Ltd, believe they can improve white clover (Trifolium repens) to give grazing animals a higher intake of protein, while at the same time reducing methane emissions.

Farmers to benefit from high tech quad bike collaboration

Mon, 24 May 2010 00:21:22 GMT

Thanks to AgResearch, DairyNZ and Massey University scientists, farmers may soon be able to use their quad bikes to assess feed quality and pasture health.

New farms destroying native NZ

Thu, 06 May 2010 02:09:37 GMT

Intensive farming is destroying native plants at the fastest rate since European colonisation, Landcare Research says

Back welfare code with science, not emotion

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:58:59 GMT

Any refinement to the animal welfare code must be backed by science and not emotion. That’s the advice from the outgoing head of New Zealand’s largest crown research institute, Andy West.

Zinc protection essential for NI dairy cows

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:15:26 GMT

AgResearch is urging North Island farmers to continue ensuring that their cattle are protected against facial eczema and to monitor their herds for the serious animal health and welfare problem.

Spray chilling minimises venison weight loss

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:42:23 GMT

Spray chilling deer carcasses minimises weight loss without reducing the tenderness of venison, according to a recently released AgResearch study funded by DEEResearch and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST).

Farming confronting technical conundrums

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:27:48 GMT

AgResearch Pastoral Genomics scientist Michael Dunbier has warned that New Zealand's traditional pasture-based farming system faces a conundrum.

Greenhouse gases measured remotely

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:31:58 GMT

AgResearch has come up with a way to measure nitrous oxide emissions from paddocks.

Breakthrough in livestock emissions

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:58:59 GMT

After eight years searching, AgResearch scientists have finally made a discovery which will likely lead to a breakthrough in mitigating livestock gas emissions.

Changing farming climate AgResearch focus

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:51:34 GMT

A caravan that measures nitrous oxide emissions, software that helps manage soil nutrients and a full programme of measures to keep lambs alive is to be profiled by AgResearch at the Waimumu Southern Field days.

Soil value could be included in nations' accounts

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:54:33 GMT

The first steps have been made in placing a financial value on the soil and services it provides to any given piece of land.

New licensing deal could develop new animal health products

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:46:17 GMT

ParaCo Technology Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of AgResearch, has signed an international licensing agreement with leading Belgian Agro-Biotech company deVGen NG to access a range of small molecules that could facilitate development of active ingredients for new animal health products.

Grave time for sheep industry

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:41:01 GMT

Sheep farmers seem to have lost some of their nerve and enthusiasm in the wake of two years of low returns, AgResearch chief executive Andrew West says.

Pushing the boundaries

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:16:03 GMT

It may look like a typical Waikato dairy unit. But at the AgResearch farm at Tokanui, 35 kilometres south of Hamilton, they will do much more than milk cows.

Deeper look into animal health targets

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:14:00 GMT

Sheep and cattle health are in view at AgResearch as it launches a venture called ParaCo Technologies Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary.