Research & Data
Below are scientific articles related to farming. These articles are based on a wide range of topics and utilise the FARMAX software as a means of comprehensive analysis.
Exploring options to reduce nitrogen leaching while maintaining profitablitlity within a Canterbury farm business comprising several distinct enterprises
P.C. Beukes, T. Chikazhe and J.P. Edwards
2018
Comparing nitrogen management on dairy farms - Canterbury case studies
J.B. Pinxterhuis and J.P. Edwards
2018
Impact of introducing a herb pasture area into a New Zealand sheep and beef hill country farm system: a modeling analysis
C. Duranton and C. Matthew
2018
Dairy wintering systems in Southern New Zealand,
Quantification and modelling of nutrient transfers and losses from contrasting wintering systems.
J. Chrystal
2017
The implications of winter milk premiums for sustainable profitability of dairy systems
T.L. Chikazhe, K.A. Mashlan, P.C. Beukes, C.B. Glassey, J. Haultain and M.B. Neal
2017
Analysis of supplemental feed use in the New Zealand sheep industry
Jude Sise, Bruce McCorkindale and Peter Fennessy from AbacusBio Limited
2017
Meeting nitrogen leaching reductions while retaining a profitale system - a Selwyn catchment example
Ina Pinxterhuis, Paul Edwards from DairyNZ, Tony Coltman from Canlac Holdings and Leighton Parker from Perrin Ag Consultants Ltd
2017
A modeling study of economic and environmental impacts of integrating forage and cash crops into a Canterbury dairy farm (LUDF)
2015 Farmax Schloarship winner Simon James from Lincoln University
2015
Livestock feed intake assumptions in decision support tools; A stocktake of the current science and assumptions used by livestock models.
P. Fraters, S.Howarth and G.J. McEwen
Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 77
2015
Effects of weather variability on sheep and beef farming in northern Southland, New Zealand: A modelling analysis
F. Y. Li, R. Vibart, R. A. Dynes, I. Vogeler and M. Brown
Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 74
2012
Giant buttercup - modelling the financial benefits of control on a Golden Bay dairy farm
G. Bourdot, W. King and G. Rennie
Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association, 74
2012
Pasture persistence: How much is it worth?
R. Brazendale, J. R. Bryant, M. G. Lambert, C. W. Holmes and T.J. Fraser
Pasture Persistence - Grassland Research and Practice Series, 15
2011
Identifying the need for pasture renewal and valuing the contribution of renewal on a dairy farm - Telford Dairy, a case study
D. R. Stevens and I. Knowles
Pasture Persistence - Grassland Research and Practice Series, 15
2011
Description and evaluation of the Farmax Dairy Pro decision support model
J. R. Bryant, G. Ogle, C. B. Glassey, J. A. S. Lancaster, S. C. Garcia and C. W. Holmes
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 53(1)
2010
Intensification of New Zealand beef farming systems
T. A. White, V. O. Snow and W. McG. King
Agricultural Systems, 103
2010
Decision Support Software and Computer Models to Assist in Feed Allocation and Utilisation in the New Zealand Pastoral Sheep and Beef Industries
A. Litherland, V. Snow, and R. Dynes
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