RNZ interview with Kathryn Ryan
“Soils should function like a sponge. And there's actually been some great research in New Zealand comparing regenerative to conventional, in terms those soils are just made up basically of air spaces, they have so much ability to hold on to water and then slowly release it through the system.”
New Zealand is also a heavy user of fertilisers, she says.
“We are the third highest user per hectare of fertiliser in the world.”
Some farmers are alarmed at caps on nitrogen use, she says.
“That fear of we're going to put a nitrogen cap on at 150 units - there’s dairy farmers around New Zealand that are using less than 10 units that are profitable, and that are really high output operations.”
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