Catch Crops: A way to reduce N leaching after winter crops, with Dr Brendon Malcolm, Plant & Food Research
Podcast - Sowing a short-term crop after a winter fodder crop may reduce N leaching by 40-50%. On this Beef + Lamb New Zealand ‘Scene + Herd’ podcast, Brendon Malcolm of Plant & Food Research discusses how it works, the issues to consider and how to get the best results.
Catch Cropping
A video interviewing Dylan Ditchfield who explains his experience with Catch Cropping
PROVIDER
Environment Southland
A guide to catch and cover crops
How can planting a catch or cover crop benefit your farm and the environment?
PROVIDER
Environment Southland
Winter Feed Crops: Management After Grazing
Careful management of paddocks after winter grazing can reduce damage to soil structure and loss in productivity, while reducing further environmental losses that could potentially affect water quality.|
VISIT SITE
Considering a catch crop
The purpose of a catch crop is to increase annual dry matter production, to take up soil mineral and urine nitrogen and to reduce the risk of leaching or runoff.
PROVIDER
DairyNZ
Break Fed Wintering
Winter grazing/ Forage crop grazing
Good environmental outcomes require good environmental practice. Farmers are already doing some great work in the environment space, but there is still much to be done. Managing winter grazing so it has minimal impact on waterways is an area that can be addressed with some forward planning and simple management tweaks.
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