| The Southern South
Island has seen significant growth in dairying over the last
5-10 years. Rapid expansion has highlighted the scarcity
of basic information on pasture growth and quality under dairy
farming systems. This project, 'Future
proofing Southland dairy farm systems' [SFF 07/155], aims
to generate reliable pasture growth and quality and soil temperature
information on four [4] commercial dairy farms in Southland
/ West Otago and the Southland Demonstration Farm over the
next three [3] years.
Each
week we will provide a Weekly
Summary (PDF, 56 KB) of information from the following
regions:
1. Coastal:
Wallacetown [Southland Demonstration Farm]
2. Eastern: Edendale
[K&D Hall, Seaward Downs Gorge Rd]
3. Central: South
Hillend [G van der Poel, Harbour Endowment Rd]
4. Northern: Riversdale
[A & I Frei, McAlister Rd]
5.
West Otago: Tapanui [D&M Goble, Tapanui-Raes
Junction Highway]
(Researcher: Dawn Dalley, DairyNZ. Funded
by MAF Sustainable Farming Fund, Dairy InSight, SIDE
and Ravensdown.) |
