Nutrient budgeting has become an essential tool for many farmers in New Zealand in both farm and environmental management.
The development and ongoing improvement of the OVERSEER® nutrient budgeting programme provides a powerful modelling tool for farmers and rural professionals to use for nutrient budgeting.
This paper shares experiences and learnings in Canterbury from a regional council perspective, with an emphasis on an integrated approach that includes nutrient budgeting and other tools that contribute to better environment management.
Lyttle, I., 2018. The role of nutrient budgeting in farm and environmental management.
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