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Kia-Ora
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Paddock 1
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Paddock 2
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2007 - present |
Pasture: |
native perennial grass-based pasture† |
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Fertiliser: |
unfertilised |
superphosphate fertiliser applied to maintain
20 mg P/kg soil (Colwell)
molybdenum applied every 5
years |
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Stock: |
rotationally grazed by
landholder |
stocked continuously with 5.9
Merino ewes/ha, lambing in early
August
progeny are weaned off the block
in November. |
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1993 - 2006
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Pasture: |
native perennial grass-based pasture† |
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Fertiliser: |
unfertilised |
superphosphate fertiliser applied to maintain
20 mg P/kg soil (Colwell)
molybdenum applied every 3 to 5
years |
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Stock: |
stocked continuously
with 6 mature Merino
wethers/ha |
stocked continuously
with 12-15 mature Merino
wethers/ha |
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1976 - 1993 |
Pasture: |
native perennial grass-based
pasture† |
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Fertiliser: |
unfertilised |
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Pasture
composition is in the order of 35%
native perennial grass (mainly wallaby
grass, Austrodanthonia spp., and
weeping grass, Microlaena stipoides),
5% other naturalised perennial grasses,
30% legume (mainly subterranean clover),
20% annual grass and 10% broadleaf weeds
when sampled in early spring
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