Open AccessHill country cropping with no land-based equipment
Author(s) -
PA Lane,
S.A. Lee,
B.E. Willoughby
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
grassland research and practice series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2463-4751
pISSN - 0110-8581
DOI - 10.33584/rps.16.2016.3246
Subject(s) - cropping , pasture , tillage , geography , agroforestry , brassica , crop , yield (engineering) , agronomy , environmental science , forestry , agriculture , archaeology , biology , materials science , metallurgy
A series of demonstration/proof of concept trials conducted on four sites in northern North Island hill country from 2001 over 3 years, identified practical techniques to establish a high-yielding brassica crop as part of a pasture renewal programme, using a helicopter. Practices similar to no tillage flat-land operations were identified, but they also take into account the risk associated with aerially applying fertiliser, seed and pesticides onto steep hill country. Keywords: hill country, cropping, aerial application