Soil health and innovation focus help reduce emissions

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Four generations of the Abbiss family have farmed Silverton Pastoral, a sheep, lamb finishing and cropping property on heavy clay country near Halcombe in the Manawatū, and every one of them has built decisions around soil health. In this case study the family explain how they farm that country.

They use direct drilling, precision agriculture and a six-year pasture rotation to protect soil structure, with GPS mapping and fertiliser traceability behind every decision. They also share the farm's methane and nitrous oxide numbers and the changes bringing them down.

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