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The Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) is rethinking its approach to plantain, in the face of continued difficulty in realising its expected benefits.

Dairy farmer Thomas Read is one of more than 100 Kiwi farmers trialling a unique plant on their farms to help improve water quality.

Woodville dairy farmer Ben Allomes says the adoption of plantain has been a game changer for his farm system and business.

Milk from cows bred for low milk urea nitrogen and fed on plantain pastures may have human health benefits as well as environmental advantages, according to research by the Lincoln University Pastoral Livestock Production Lab.

Dairy farmers could save more than a billion dollars over a decade by incorporating plantain into their pastures.

New research has found that feeding cows the leafy herb plantain can reduce nitrogen leaching from dairy farms by 20 to 60%.

Trials are showing that plantain has the potential to reduce nitrate leaching by more than 20%, says David Burger, DairyNZ general manager sustainable dairy.

A DairyNZ project helping farmers in the Tararua district, lower North Island, to reduce nitrogen leaching by planting some of their paddocks in plantain is gaining momentum.

New Zealand farmers can now assess the potential impact and investment of plantain using OverseerFM.

Game-changing new research into how plantain crops can reduce nitrogen (N) loss from dairy farms will see upper Manawatu farmers at the forefront of dairy science.