New Zealand to consolidate agricultural research

Nature ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Branwen Morgan
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Agricultural Research

PLASMA CONCENTRATIONS OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE, TESTOSTERONE AND ANDROSTENEDIONE IN CASTRATED AND ADRENALECTOMIZED BULL CALVES

1978 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. BASS ◽  
A. J. PETERSON ◽  
E. PAYNE
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Plasma Concentration ◽  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Plasma Concentrations ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Similar Magnitude ◽  
Research Division ◽  
Bull Calves

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Research Division, Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand (Received 17 April 1978) An increase in the plasma concentration of luteinizing hormone (LH) occurs in response to castration in bull calves aged 1–4 months; this response is of similar magnitude to that seen in cattle castrated as adults (Odell, Hescox & Kiddy, 1970). In bull calves castrated at birth, however, there is no increase in the plasma concentration of LH until after 28 days of age (Bass, Peterson, Payne & Jarnet, 1977). In other species a range of responses to castration has been reported. Gonadectomy of male guinea-pigs 0–35 days after birth produces an increase in the plasma concentration of LH similar to that observed in guineapigs castrated as adults (Donovan, ter Haar, Lockhart, MacKinnon, Mattock & Peddie, 1975). In contrast, the castration of young male macaques does not cause an immediate increase in the

Empowering farmers for increased resilience in uncertain times

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 843 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nettle ◽  
M. Ayre ◽  
R. Beilin ◽  
S. Waller ◽  
L. Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Dairy Farm ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Research Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Designs

As farmers continue to face increasingly uncertain and often rapidly changing conditions related to markets, climate or the policy environment, people involved in agricultural research, development and extension (RD&E) are also challenged to consider how their work can contribute to supporting farmer resilience. Research from the social sciences conducted in the past decade has focussed on adaptability or adaptive capacity as a key attribute for individuals and groups to possess for managing resilience. It is, therefore, timely to ask the following: do current ways of doing and organising RD&E in the dairy sector in New Zealand and Australia contribute to supporting farm adaptability? This paper reports on results from an examination of case studies of challenges to resilience in the dairy sector in Australia and New Zealand (i.e. dairy farm conversion, climate-change adaptation, consent to farm) and the contribution of dairy RD&E in enhancing resilience of farmers, their farms and the broader industry. Drawing on concepts from resilience studies and considering an empowerment perspective, the analysis of these cases suggest that, currently, agricultural RD&E supports adaptability in general, but varies in the strength of its presence and level of activity in the areas known to enhance adaptability. This analysis is used to generate principles for dairy scientists and others in the RD&E system to consider in (1) research designs, (2) engaging different farmers in research and (3) presenting research results differently. This represents a significant shift for the science and advisory communities to move to methods that acknowledge uncertainty and facilitate learning.

scholarly journals Agricultural Research in New Zealand

Nature ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 203 (4947) ◽  
pp. 802-803
Author(s):  
G. W. COOKE
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Agricultural Research

scholarly journals Are Organic Standards Sufficient to Ensure Sustainable Agriculture? Lessons From New Zealand’s ARGOS and Sustainability Dashboard Projects

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Merfield ◽  
Henrik Moller ◽  
Jon Manhire ◽  
Chris Rosin ◽  
Solis Norton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Land Sparing ◽  
Chemical Inputs ◽  
Organic Standards

<p>Our review concludes that organic standards need to account for a broader set of criteria in order to retain claims to ‘sustainability’. Measurements of the ecological, economic and social outcomes from over 96 kiwifruit, sheep/beef and dairy farms in New Zealand between 2004 and 2012 by The <em>Agricultural Research Group on Sustainability</em> (ARGOS) project showed some enhanced ecosystem services from organic agriculture that will assist a “land-sharing” approach for sustainable land management. However, the efficiency of provisioning services is reduced in organic systems and this potentially undermines a “land-sparing” strategy to secure food security and ecosystem services. Other aspects of the farm operation that are not considered in the organic standards sometimes had just as much or even a greater effect on ecosystem services than restriction of chemical inputs and synthetic fertilisers. An organic farming version of the <em>New Zealand Sustainability Dashboard</em> will integrate organic standards and wider agricultural best practice into a broad and multidimensional sustainability assessment framework and package of learning tools. There is huge variation in performance of farms within a given farming system. Therefore improving ecosystem services depends as much on locally tuned learning and adjustments of farm practice on individual farms as on uptake of organic or Integrated Management farming system protocols.</p>

Exploiting the pasture capacitance probe in agricultural research: a comparison with other methods of measuring herbage mass

1987 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. F. Crosbie ◽  
B. M. Smallfield ◽  
H. Hawker ◽  
M. J. S. Floate ◽  
J. M. Keoghan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Relative Ranking ◽  
Capacitance Probe ◽  
Time Savings

SummaryThe precision of the capacitance probe in detecting herbage mass differences between treatments has been assessed on a cross section of field trials in Otago-Southland, New Zealand. Used thoughtfully, the probe appears at least as good as any other alternative. Corrected meter readings from the probe may be used directly for relative ranking of treatments although calibration is desirable for interpretation purposes, and becomes essential when swards of widely differing composition are to be related. Considerable overall time savings, especially in the laboratory, are possible in comparison with other methods.

Agricultural research: Implications for productivity in New Zealand and Australia

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Mullen ◽  
G. M. Scobie ◽  
J. Crean
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Agricultural Research

Agricultural research in New Zealand

1985 ◽  
Vol 8 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 81-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Balog
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Agricultural Research
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