Farm Source guide - Optimise nitrogen fertiliser

Farm Source guide - Optimise nitrogen fertiliser

NZ Farm Source

This guide from NZ Farm Source's On-Farm Efficiency Hub covers how to plan nitrogen fertiliser use, choose the right product, and time and rate applications so pasture takes it up rather than losing it to the environment.

It links to tools such as feed budgets and a booking form for a farm advisor, and outlines the productivity, cost and environmental gains from cutting nitrogen losses to waterways and the atmosphere.

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