Final Report: Evaluation of Spikey® for mitigating nitrogen leaching losses from a Bay of Plenty dairy farm: Results for 2021 to 2024

Barlow, Ryan; Sprosen, Mike; Ledgard, Stewart; Somchit, Chanatda

doi:10.57935/AGR.26065429.v1

Final Report: Evaluation of Spikey^® for mitigating nitrogen leaching losses from a Bay of Plenty dairy farm: Results for 2021 to 2024

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posted on 2024-06-20, 02:01 authored by Ryan BarlowRyan Barlow, Mike SprosenMike Sprosen, Stewart LedgardStewart Ledgard, Chanatda SomchitChanatda Somchit

A trial was setup in Spring 2020 on a commercial dairy farm in the Rotorua region to study the effects of Pastoral Robotics Limited’s Spikey^® and NitroStop^TM technology on pasture production and nitrogen (N) leaching. Pastoral Robotics measured pasture production while AgResearch were responsible for N leaching measurements. This report covers the AgResearch activities during the four years of the trial.

Report Number: RE450/2024/031

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Pastoral Robotics

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This report has been prepared for Pastoral Robotics Ltd., and is confidential to Pastoral Robotics and AgResearch Ltd. No part of this report may be copied, used, modified or disclosed by any means without their consent.

Publication date

2024-06-19

Project number

PRJ0242161

Language

English

Does this contain Māori information or data?

No

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