Resources
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Guide: How to carry out a Visual Soil Assessment
30 January 2025 The resource produced from the summerfruit understory project focuses on how to carry out a Visual Soil Assessment. Read more... Biodiversity
Guide: How to interpret a soil test
30 January 2025 The resource produced from the summerfruit understory project focuses on how to interpret a soil test. Read more... BiodiversityPests
Passionvine hopper management resource
30 January 2025 This resource was produced for the Zespri passionvine hoppper (PVH) field day sharing management practices to reduce PVH. Read more... BiodiversityPests
Case study: IPM and biodiversity in lettuce, Winter 2024
27 January 2025 This report details the Winter 2024 planting of a lettuce crop, utilising integrated pest management and biodiversity as key strategies. Read more... BiodiversityDiseasesPestsWeeds
‘How to’ guide – cover crops
28 November 2024 A “how to” guide on integrating cover crops into your farm management practices. Read more... BiodiversityDiseasesPestsWeeds
Summerfruit understory plant species guide
14 November 2024 This resource provides a quick identification guide to the plant species used in the summerfruit understory plantings. Read more... BiodiversityPests
Case study: IPM and biodiversity in lettuce, Spring 2023
31 October 2024 This report details the Spring 2023 planting of a lettuce crop, utilising integrated pest management and biodiversity as key strategies. Read more... Weeds
A guide to modern (inter)row-hoes — the Swiss army knife of mechanical weeders
29 October 2024 This BHU Future Farming Centre guide takes a deep dive into ‘row hoes’ — what used to be called interrow hoes / cultivators. DiseasesPests
Growing a Green Future – NZPPS symposium presentations
21 October 2024 Presentations from the NZPPS symposium Growing a Greener Future, co-hosted by A Lighter Touch, AgResearch and Plant and Food Research. Read more... Biodiversity
Mobile insectary performance monitoring sheet
11 October 2024 A monitoring sheet template for tracking progress and optimising benefits of mobile insectaries. Biodiversity
‘How to’ guide – mobile insectaries
11 October 2024 A “how to” guide on implementing mobile insectaries to increase on-farm biodiversity. Read more... DiseasesPestsWeeds
