Vol. 88 (2026)

Vol 88 (2026)

• 47 years of plant breeding

  Alan Stewart

  9-14

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• The Pyramid: a typical Marlborough family farm revisited

  David Stevens, Richard Dawkins, Jess Dawkins, Chris Dawkins, Julia Dawkins, Robyn Dynes, David Scobie, Chris Trotter

  15-20

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• Dry matter yield, botanical composition and nutritive value of diverse and standard pastures under contemporary and regenerative dairy management systems

  Varthani Susruthan, Daniel Donaghy, Nicholas Sneddon, Paul Kenyon, Eruera Tait-Jamieson, Andrew Cartmill

  21-34

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• Graze less, grow more? Leaf stage defoliation management of diverse and ryegrass-based pastures in Golden Bay, New Zealand

  Lucella Jordan

  35-42

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• Persistence of perennial ryegrass, tall fescue and cocksfoot following repeated annual sowings: influence of pasture age, grass species and cultivar in Canterbury

  Thomas Maxwell, Emma Gordon, Kate Crawford, Belaraine Jordan, Gerald Cosgrove

  43-58

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• Sheep liveweight and dry matter production from Years 3 and 4 of the Regenerative Agriculture Dryland Experiment

  Luke Robb, Obaka Ikani, Alistair Black, Anna Mills, Derrick Moot

  59-68

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• Changes in forage yield and botanical composition in a species diversity by harvest height by frequency experiment over 3 years in Hawke’s Bay

  Beverley Thomson, Noel Smith, Kay Ward, Paul Muir

  69-74

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• Simulating farm system implications of incorporating plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) into dairy pastures across four regions

  Lydia Farrell, Pierre Beukes, Mike Dodd

  75-82

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• Sowing strategies to increase the plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.) content of Manawatu dairy pastures

  Sam Wilson, Komahan Sivanandarajah, Joanne Kerslake, Thi Truong Nguyen, Soledad Navarrete, David Horne, Peter Kemp, Mark Osborne, Dean Burnham, Daniel Donaghy

  82-90

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• Accumulated yield of clovers grown in a summer dry environment after three years

  Sonya Olykan, Richard Lucas, Derrick Moot

  91-100

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• Temperature requirements for the germination of alternative forage species for northern New Zealand climates and a prominent weed

  Zachary Ngow, Deborah L. Hackell, Christopher E. Buddenhagen

  101-108

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• The effect of perennial ryegrass sowing rate and companion grass on the establishment of plantain in mixed pastures

  Sarah McKenzie, Luke Visser, Kylie Dobbs, Jessica Dunbar, Mike Dodd

  109-118

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• Feed conversion efficiency of regenerative compared with conventional dryland sheep production systems

  Obaka Ikani, Luke Robb, Breanna Holt, Jim Gibbs, Alistair Black, Derrick Moot

  119-126

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• Producing more without getting more productive

  Mubashir Qasim, Mario Fernandez , David Silva-Villacorta, Ben Marmont

  127-132

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• Pasture potential estimation for dairy farms: A hybrid modelled approach using integrated industry and spatial data

  Josiah Cleland

  133-142

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• Impact of diverse pastures and reduced nitrogen inputs on dairy pasture yields, botanical composition and soil health across three regions

  Nicole L Schon, Georgina Laurenson, Ray Moss, Ryan Barlow, Mike Sprosen, Rebecca Cumming, Anna Taylor, David Catherwood, Alec Mackay, Mike Dodd, Allister Moorhead

  143-156

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• Do baleage wintering systems improve cow comfort compared with fodder beet wintering? Soil conditions and behavioural responses of non-lactating dairy cows in Southland, New Zealand

  Dawn Dalley

  157-166

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• Evaluating pasture-based dairy cow wintering systems across soil and climatic conditions in southern New Zealand: implications for nutrition, welfare and environmental risk

  Anna Taylor, Ross Monaghan, Archie White, Chris Smith, Rebecca Cumming, Mark Crawford, Federico Tomasetto, Robyn Dynes

  167-176

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• Recovery of soil nitrogen by maize at various soil depths: a field study using 15N-labelled fertiliser nitrogen

  Rowland Tsimba, Clausen Curt, Bronson Kevin, Schepers James, Sarmini Maheswaran, Edmeades Greg, Raewyn Densley, Williams Ian

  177-184

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• Yield and phosphorus use efficiency of irrigated lucerne grown in a low Olsen P soil

  Lauren Jones, Annamarie Mills, Derrick Moot

  185-192

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• Application of spent mushroom compost to a riverine silt loam at the time of pasture renewal and its effect on soil infiltration rate

  Nicole L Schon, Seth Laurenson, Ray Moss

  193-200

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• Improving crop nitrogen uptake prediction in OverseerFM through iterative soil-crop coupling and recalibration

  Andrew Revill, Edith Khaembah, Brendon Malcolm, Hamish Brown, Jean-Paul Tavernet, Steve Gellatly, Mark-John Bruwer

  201-208

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• A comparison of three contrasting farming systems on forage production and soil characteristics over three years

  Beverley Thomson, Noel Smith, Kay Ward, Paul David Muir

  209-218

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• Nitrous oxide emissions – can they be abated by forages in ruminant agricultural systems?

  John Caradus, Cecile De Klein

  219-238

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• National and regional economic impacts of climate-driven pasture decline

  Ryan Mills, Ben Marmont, Mark Neal

  239-246

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• Towards a more accurate assessment of the vegetation carbon stocks in New Zealand grasslands

  Ronaldo Eduardo Vibart, Mike Dodd, Saman Bowatte, Alec Mackay, Kathryn Hutchinson, Franco Bilotto

  247-254

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• Pasture productivity under pressure despite continued improvement in sheep and beef production efficiency

  Ronaldo Eduardo Vibart, Jane Campbell, Alec Mackay, Mike Dodd

  255-260

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• Decadal trends in plantation Pinus radiata (D. Don) forest growth

  Serajis Salekin, Donald A. White, Steven Dovey, Yvette Dickinson, Peter Clinton, Alec D. Mackay

  261-266

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• Impact of pasture allowance during the transition period in ewes carrying singles, twins and triplets on lamb survival, growth and ewe efficiency to weaning with and without human intervention

  Sue Anne McCoard, Phillip Faulkner, Tayla Hurley, John Ryrie, Derek Birch, Peter Smith, Neville Haack, Paul Maclean, Jenny Juengel, David Stevens

  267-278

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• Fecundity and ewe liveweight affect ewe wastage, productivity and greenhouse gas emissions

  David Stevens

  279-292

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• Impact of rearing practices on modelled economic outcomes for pasture-based dairy heifer and dairy-beef production systems

  David Stevens, Susan A McCoard

  293-302

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• Dataset providers’ and users’ perceptions of data sharing: insights from AgYields New Zealand National Database

  Carmen Teixeira, Derrick Moot

  303-310

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• From Science to Software: Developing a product governance approach for environmental models

  Mark-John Bruwer, Jill Gower

  311-318

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• Managing technological change in a New Zealand rural and farm supply business: “A case study involving AI technology adoption”

  Emily Christensen, Xiaomeng Lucock, Meike Rombach, David Dean

  319-326

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• AR153 - a new Epichloë fungal endophyte for ryegrass

  Katrin Gabriela Hewitt, John Caradus, David Hume, Joanne Jensen, Alison Popay, Anouck De Bonth

  327-344

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