Displaying items by tag: Lincoln University
Farmers shrugging off tree planting
The cost and benefits of planting trees to help mitigate environmental effects of dairy farming need to be shared by us all to succeed, a new study says.
Small dairy farmers content with their lot
New Lincoln University research has found many small dairy farmers are content with the size of their operation, despite the constant calls for economic growth.
Viticulturist wins AMP scholarship
Alice Rule is one step closer to developing an app to provide grape growers with simple, intuitive representations of data to help them become more sustainable.
Big spend on land and water research
$230 million is being spent over the next 10 years to produce definitive science on how to best manage land and water in New Zealand.
Rethink needed over dairy farm planting incentives
The cost and benefits of planting trees to help mitigate environmental effects of dairy farming need to be shared by us all for it to succeed, a new study says.
Drones versus birds
Drones may soon be joining the armoury of weapons used to scare birds away from ripening grapes after a trial undertaken in Hawke's Bay last season.
Lincoln struggles to accommodate new student intake
Lincoln University is copping criticism for the way it is allocating beds to would-be new students for 2016.
Irish learn from Kiwi dairy dilemmas
The Irish dairy industry is keeping a close eye on New Zealand's dairy dilemmas as it ramps up its own production with quota restrictions now gone, a Lincoln expert says.
Meat and mussel producers share top South Island farmer title
A North Otago red meat producer and a Marlborough green-lipped mussel grower have both won Lincoln University Foundation's South Island Farmer of the Year competition.
Oasis in dairy paddocks
A new study is showing dairy and conservation sites can co-exist, and its findings are contributing to an ongoing project restoring natural biodiversity into a dairy farming environment.