INTENSIVE DEER FARMING AND PASTURE

Authors

  • Peter Elworthy
  • John Oliver

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.1976.38.1474

Abstract

CRAIGMORE, a family farming company, in late 1973 bought 256 ha of undeveloped light land, of predominantly Steward soils, 5 km north of the Waitaki River on the coast. The Papamoa farm is in the Morven-Clenavy irrigation area, the first scheme in New Zealand which planned to make maximum use of unlimited supplies of water on a whole area basis. The farm therefore had the water and no future limitation likely on its use. There was the promise of a lahour-light automatic flood irrigation system. It was felt that this irrigated permanent ryegrass and clover management system would soften the periodic summer drought problems of Craigmore itself, and provide diversification.

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Published

1976-01-01

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