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Case Studies
Is Your Pond Crusting? Stirrers Make a Difference
A farmer is happy with the results after installing a Hi-Tech stirrer, the pre and post installation pictures say it all. More...
Trial Set to Save Farm Thousands After seeing the results for himself, dairy farmer Mike Visser has no doubt effluent can be successfully used to grow maize - without any commercial fertiliser top ups. More... Green Rain Beats No Rain at Walton Lance Hawkins decided to do a full upgrade of his land based effluent irrigation system, the benefits have been noticable during the recent drought and as fertiliser prices rise. More... Putaruru Farmer Makes Money Out of Muck
Putaruru farmers Martin & Judith Bennett installed a feedpad and effluent irrigation system. Martin puts the value of nutrients saved using the system at $6000 - $7000 per annum. More...
Putting New Science Into Practice
Environment Waikato has initiated a project to use dairy effluent as a fertiliser to produce maize, with the aim of helping farmers both better manage their effluent and produce maize more cheaply and efficiently. More...
Dairy Effluent Spreading Proves Its Worth Getting more value from their effluent was the motivation for a change in farm practice for Morrinsville dairy farmers Nick & Wendy Vollebregt, they are pleased they invested in a total effluent management system. More... High Milk Production = High Effluent Production For farmers like David Bennett who milks 1000 cows at Walton, making use of effluent back onto pasture has helped supply nearly all the farm's nitrogen, potash and phosphate requirements. More... Fertiliser Savings
The Williams' irrigate effluent onto half (50ha) their farm and have not had to apply conventional fertiliser to this block for 18 months. More...
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