New Zealand dairy farm system solutions that balance reductions in nitrogen leaching with profitability – a case study

Catch crops and feeding strategy can reduce the risk of nitrogen leaching in late lactation fodder beet systems

(2020) Brendon J. Malcolm et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Substituting a pasture-based diet with plantain (Plantago lanceolata) reduces nitrogen excreted in urine from dairy cows in late lactation.

(2020) E.M.K. Minnée et al.   Livestock Science

Forage herbs as an alternative to ryegrass-white clover to alter urination patterns in grazing dairy systems

(2019) M.C. Mangwe et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Productivity and environmental implications of fodder beet and maize silage as supplements to pasture for late lactation dairy cows

(2019) Dawn Dalley et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

The impact of nutrient regulations on dairy farm land values in Southland

(2018) Carla F. Muller et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

A comparison of temperate pasture species mixtures selected to increase dairy cow production and reduce urinary nitrogen excretion

(2018) Mike Dodd et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Digestion and nitrogen excretion by Holstein–Friesian cows in late lactation offered ryegrass-based pasture supplemented with fodder beet

(2018) G. C. Waghorn et al.   Animal Production Science

Range of quality characteristics of New Zealand forages and implications for reducing the nitrogen leaching risk from grazing dairy cows

(2017) Dawn E. Dalley et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Milk production and urinary nitrogen excretion of dairy cows grazing plantain in early and late lactation

(2017) Lisa A. Box et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

A survey of dairy cow wintering practices in Canterbury, New Zealand

(2017) J. P. Edwards et al.   Animal Production Science

Sources of variability in the effectiveness of winter cover crops for mitigating N leaching

(2016) Edmar I. Teixeira et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Trade-offs between profit, production, and environmental footprint on pasture-based dairy farms in the Waikato region of New Zealand

(2015) Graeme J. Doole et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Simple versus diverse pastures: opportunities and challenges in dairy systems

(2015) Keith G. Pembleton et al.   Animal Production Science