Vol. 87 (2025)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2025.87

Published: 2025-11-07

Volume 87 (2025)

Reflections on the past and links to the future

Chris Smith

7-9
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Climate Change Adaptations on Sheep and Beef Farms: A case study investigation

Phil Journeaux, Derrick Moot, Anita Wreford

11-18
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Pathways to climate resilience: Adaptation of dairy farm systems in response to climate changes

Callum Eastwood, Elena Minnee, Anita Wreford

19-27
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Vulnerability and resilience of farm systems in the Gisborne-Tairawhiti Region in the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle

Xiaomeng Lucock, Nic Lees

29-36
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Future Northland Pastures: 1. Introduction and Temperate Forages

Tracy Dale

37-41
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Future Northland Pastures: 2. C4 grasses and subtropical legumes for a future Northland

Warren King, Shirley Nichols, Jim Crush

43-49
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Future Northland Pastures: 3. Potential woody forages for Northland

Katherine Tozer, Grant Douglas, Grant Rennie

51-60
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Future Northland Pastures 4. Northland arthropod pests and ‘sleeper pests’ that will increase in response to climate change

Joanne Jensen, Sofia Orre-Gordon

61-69
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Future Northland Pastures: 5. Potential sleeper weeds of pastoral systems in Northland, New Zealand

Christopher Buddenhagen, Zachary Ngow

71-77
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Is soil fertility a factor limiting pasture production and persistence in New Zealand?

Douglas Edmeades, Robert McBride

79-85
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An overview of the cost-effectiveness of nitrogen leaching mitigation strategies based on marginal abatement cost for eighteen dairy farms in Hauraki and Horizons regions

Taisekwa Lordwell Chikazhe, Pierre, Peter

85-94
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The challenges of monitoring insect sleeper pests: the example of Spodoptera litura in Aotearoa New Zealand

Joanne Jensen, Michael Clearwater, Andrew Barnes, Sofia Orre-Gordon

95-106
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Will wide-spaced silvo-pastoral plantings maintain soil carbon stocks?

Rachel Cole, Michael Dodd, Marta Alfaro, Emma Noakes, Dimetri Triadis

107-115
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Changes in soil fertility, biology and organic carbon under contrasting phosphorus fertiliser and sheep grazing management

Alec Mackay, Ronaldo Vibart, Nicole Schon, Mike Dodd, Franco Bilotto, Kathryn Hutchinson, Rachel Cole, Emma Noakes, Sarah Rosanowski

117-124
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Nutrient and contaminant profiles of soil, herbage and dung from sheep grazed pastures with varying phosphorus fertiliser histories

Ronaldo Eduardo Vibart, Alec Mackay, Brian Devantier, Paul Maclean, Sarah Rosanowski, Emma Noakes, Rachel Cole

125-131
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Performance across 60 years of the Dairy Economic Survey

Benjamin Marmont, Mubashir Qasim, David Silva-Villacorta

133-140
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Case studies of alternative wintering practices in sheep, beef and deer farming in Southern New Zealand

David Stevens, Marie J. Casey, Matt Canton, Justin Davie, Dan Frew, Brett Frew, Byron Vollweiller, Nick Wadworth, Alexis Wadworth

141-150
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Comparing autumn and spring calving systems: A farm system study on a commercial-scale dairy farm in coastal Taranaki

Marianne Read, Magdalena Bremer, Debbie McCallum, Linda Cruickshank

151-160
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Sheep liveweight and dry matter production from Year 3 of the Regenerative Agriculture Dryland Experiment

Luke Robb, Alistair Black, Annamaria Mills, Derrick Moot

161-173
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Laboratory measurements of Aporrectodea caliginosa earthworm counts using qPCR in agricultural soils

Kyle Devey, Roger Hill, Sara Loeffen, Nicole Schon

175-181
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Implementing deferred grazing on New Zealand sheep, beef and dairy farms

Katherine Tozer, Tracy Dale, Graeme Doole, Chris Glassey, Mark Williams, Aaron Meikle, elena Minnee

183-191
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Does wintering on diverse pastures or kale crop affect N loss risk? Findings from a case study of a commercial dairy farm in Methven Pasture and crop dairy wintering

Racheal H. Bryant, Jeremy Casey, Eva Harris, Holly Williamson, Lisa Box, Ryan Barlow, Paige Beckett, Claire Phyn, Stewart Ledgard

193-201
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Gene editing to provide traits of value in pasture and forage plants

John Caradus, Marissa Roldan, Kim Richardson, Nick Roberts, Richard Johnson, Christine Voisey, Linda Johnson

203-215
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Pasture biomass mapping in hill country using remote sensing and geospatial tools

Duy Tran, Alec Mackay, Mike Dodd, Rachel Cole, Emma Noakes

217-225
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Forage yield, botanical composition and soil characteristics of a species diversity by harvest height experiment in Hawke’s Bay

Beverley Thomson, Noel Smith, Kay Ward, Paul Muir

227-238
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Brix was not a good indicator of pasture quality

Beverley Thomson, Noel Smith, Kay Ward, Guy Hamilton, Paul Muir

239-243
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A comparison of two pasture growth models with observed data from Central Waikato from 2000 to 2020

Wayne Hofmann, Mark Neal, Pierre Beukes, Lydia Farrell

245-254
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Spring growth of lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) after different winter grazing regimes

Lauren Jones, Annamaria Mills, Derrick Moot

255-261
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Oversowing arrowleaf clover on North Island East Coast dryland hill country – results from two farm case studies

Rob, Pete, Noel Smith, Beverley Thomson, Paul Muir

263-268
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Looking at the past to prepare ahead: adapting Red Clover for future New Zealand climates

Angus Heslop, Andrew Griffiths, Rainer Hofmann, Zulfi Jahufer, John Ford, Anna Larking, Rachael Ashby, Charles Hefer, Jessica OConnor

260-276
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On-farm prediction of red clover yields.

Laura Keenan, Anna Mills, Derrick Moot

277-284
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Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) yields were unaffected by phosphorus fertility level under grazing in a dryland farmlet experiment

Lauren Jones, Annamaria Mills, Alistair Black, Derrick Moot

285-292
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Implementing Freshwater Farm Plans - A drystock case study

Gina Lucci, Frances Williamson, Toni White, Tracy Nelson

293-299
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Using plantain (Plantago lanceolata) with other on-farm strategies to meet N loss reduction targets while maintaining profit in Rotorua Lake catchment

Kate Fransen, Lydia Farrell, Nicole Wheadon, Felix Rodriguez-Firpo, Ina Pinxterhuis

301-313
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Catchment level modelling of dairy farm adaptation to meet nitrogen loss targets and the value of including plantain as a mitigation

Lydia Farrell, Pierre Beukes, Ryan Mills

315-322
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Long-term climate variability in Waikato and Manawatu: Have pasture growth, performance, and resilience conditions changed?

Eru Tait-Jamieson, Danny Donaghy, Andrew Cartmill, Jon Proctor

323-333
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Long-term impacts of land use change at Whatawhata: the story continues

Michael Dodd, Andrew Hughes, Bill Carlson, Grant Rennie

335-343
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Challenges in using on-farm animal data for pasture dry matter intake calculations

Wayne Hofmann, Mark Neal, Simon Woodward

345-353
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