FERTILISERS, LIME, AND TRACE ELEMENTS

FERTILISERS, LIME, AND TRACE ELEMENTS

The main products of New Zealand agriculture are milk, meat, and wool. These are obtained from cattle and sheep which derive their feed almost entirely from pasture, that is, from grasses and clovers. Nevertheless, the largest acreage of crops is grown for supplementary livestock fodder and a much smaller acreage for human consumption. Since most of the fertilisers used in New Zealand are applied to pastures, it is this practice that is mainly discussed.

• FERTILISERS, LIME, AND TRACE ELEMENTS

• The Fertility Turnover of Pastures

• Phosphorus

• Initial Rates of Application

• Maintenance Rates of Application

• Crops

• Potassium and Trends of Potassium and Phosphorus Deficiency

• Agricultural Limestone and Molybdenum

• Sulphur

• Magnesium

• Boron

• Copper

• Other Trace Elements

• Nitrogen

• Organic Fertilisers

• Lime, Fertilisers, and Trace Elements

Warning

This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.