Category: Rural

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 December 2025 The New Zealand National Fieldays Society has achieved a major sustainability milestone, verified by Instep (a New Zealand-based sustainability

As New Zealand’s pastoral sector grapples with ever tighter environmental thresholds around nitrate leaching, the science of soil carbon is emerging as a critical frontier.

Pictured above: Dr Gordon Rajendram and Mark Robertson (holding Humates) on a pumice soil farm in Taupo Leading Hamilton-based soil scientist Dr Gordon Rajendram says

One of New Zealand’s leading independent soil scientists, Dr Gordon Rajendram, is in Taranaki this week performing field trails for Tokoroa-based Blue Pacific Minerals (BPM).

Introduction New Zealand farmers often face two major challenges: nutrient loss from soils and the impacts of dry conditions. Dr Gordon Rajendram says solid humates

One of New Zealand’s leading soil scientists, Dr Gordon Rajendram, says foliar fertilisers hold the key to farmers overcoming Canterbury’s cool late winter/early spring major