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Pasture production - Historical weather
  • Pasture production is modelled throughout New Zealand under five combined scenarios of irrigation and fertiliser.

    The dataset - What is it?

    The data shows annual pasture (ryegrass/white clover) yield for the 5 scenarios over New Zealand.

    Why it's important

    Land use decisions can be made with evidence of the impacts of irrigation and fertilisers.

    • How to use this information safely
      • Fitness for purpose / limitations

        This table indicates whether the dataset is suitable for different types of questions at different scales.

        Note: Users should carefully consider their purpose as this dataset may not be suitable.

         

        Operational

        Absolute

        Relative

        Screening/scoping

        Block/farm

        No

        No

        No

        Maybe

        Multi-farms(5+)

        No

        No

        Maybe

        Yes

        Catchment

        No

        Maybe

        Yes

        Yes

        National/regional

        No

        Maybe

        Yes

        Yes

        Caveats

        The production surfaces show the general variation pattern for a ryegrass/white clover pasture across environmental conditions and under general idealised management. The simulations considered no soil limitations other than water and nitrogen and excluded pests and diseases. It also assumed no restrictions to management or access to resources (e.g. water or irrigation)

        How to interpret this table

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Pasture production maps
  • Please note:

    You can use this information to help with information on spatial distribution of estimated pasture production maps under historical weather.

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