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Advanced effluent solution a step closer 

Ballance Agri-Nutrients, in conjunction with Plucks Engineering and Southwater, is developing an innovative dairy effluent management system designed to help farmers improve on-farm effluent practices and reduce environmental impact. 

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Studies confirm wool works wonders in hygiene

New Zealand textile innovator Woolchemy has released a comprehensive whitepaper assessing the performance of its proprietary neweFlex, a high performance, wool-based Acquisition Distribution Layer (ADL) for the USD $126 billon hygiene products industry. 

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Can ryegrass be beaten for carbon?

Around the world, soils under managed grasslands hold a lot of carbon, up to 22 per cent of all land-based carbon stocks.

How the land is managed affects whether these soils gain, lose, or keep their carbon – and historically, much carbon has been lost as natural ecosystems have been converted into grassland.

Land management to maximise soil carbon stocks in grasslands could help New Zealand’s overall greenhouse gas balance.

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