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Southland plains

Southland plains

The Southland plains rarely suffer from drought, so their cultivable brown soils form some of New Zealand’s most productive land. Recent years have seen a sharp increase in dairy farming.

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GNS Science
Reference: CN2802/20a
Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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Allan Hewitt. 'Soils', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/soils/4/2