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Understorey Pasture: 2020 Finds

 Aiming to test the Tagasaste nutritive value and dry matter production - the latest results from forage pasture species planted 2 years ago in a Tagasaste plantation have provided interesting insights.

NATIVE GRAZABLE SHRUBS

An exciting addition to the grazable shrub programme took place in October 2019. Three native tree species were planted in a trial at Jon and Fiona Sherlocks’ property ‘Otorohaea’, near Huntly.

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This is an important development in the grazable shrubs project, with the possibility of using this planting in future research. The Sherlocks' are enthusiastic about the possibilities for their farm.

'BOOST FOR WAIROA FARMING PROJECT'

An article posted online by the Gisborne Herald in Jan 2018 announces the project's successful start to the local farming world. Having achieved a grant from MPI of $461,000 over the course of three years, and funding from a variety of local NZ  company sponsors, the project' has strong support to investigate the benefits of hill country tree planting.

SUSTAINABLE FARMING FUND APPLICATION

Our successful funding application to Ministry for Primary Industries. You can read about how the success came about, and also examine the actual application - containing project details: aim, outcomes, risks and contribution to sustainability

TAGASASTE FIELD DAY - 7th AUGUST 2019

The project team along with a few local farmers spent the afternoon taking a close look at how the Tagasaste trial work is going. For all the details see the link to our field day handout.

TAGASASTE SUMMARY MAY 2019

The latest update of what Tagasaste has to offer hill country, and what has been discovered  so far in our project journey.

DIRECT GRAZING TRIAL

Affectionately known as the ‘G and T Trial’ (referring to the Graze and Trim treatments) on Nick’s property, we aimed to estimate the volume and value of feed that Tagasaste can produce under a direct graze regime.

TAGASASTE DIRECT GRAZING TRIAL

Current experimental work on direct grazing through Tagasaste planting, and how we plan to monitor the results.

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