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Trials on fodder beet in seven places in New Zealand show that there is minimal yield response to high applications of nitrogen (N) and potassium (K) fertiliser in beet crops.

A new service from Ravensdown will meet the stated need of farmers and other rural people for catchment-scale improvement of water quality. 

When 60 heads of large New Zealand companies recently committed to a transition to a low emissions economy, some environmentalists were wary.

Fertiliser co-op Ravensdown has posted a 2017-18 pre-tax profit of $63 million, up 24% on last year. 

Ravensdown’s Primary Growth Partnership programme has been extended so that research outputs will be valid for 90% of hill country. 

The move into the cooler seasons brings with it an unwanted guest – the sheep louse. 

Fertiliser co-op Ravensdown and Lincoln University have unveiled effluent technology that could lift the dairy sector’s effluent and water efficiency.

Good Autumn growth sets the scene for maximum growth rates in beef cattle post-weaning, but beware worms in pasture, warns Paul McKee, an animal health technical manager at Ravensdown.

Tough questions are confronting everybody involved in food creation in New Zealand. 

Nutrient efficiency is vital to Ravensdown as a component of smarter farming -- good for the bottom line and the environment.