Open AccessTHE MANAGEMENT OF LUCERNE IN A CANTERBURY LOW-RAINFALL SHEEP FARMING SYSTEM
Author(s) -
Blair Cameron
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1972.34.1316
Subject(s) - hydrology (agriculture) , alluvium , evapotranspiration , environmental science , agriculture , alluvial soils , soil water , alluvial plain , alluvial fan , physical geography , geography , geology , soil science , ecology , archaeology , biology , geomorphology , cartography , geotechnical engineering , structural basin
THE AREA in which we farm (coastal mid-Canterbury) has light alluvial soils (20 to 28 cm deep) over gravel. The average rainfall of 711 mm is extremely variable and as evapotranspiration rates are often extremely high in the summer months, there are frequent droughts.