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Isherwood Research Station

March 22, 2025

Grounded is very pleased to announce the launch of the Isherwood Research Station. Isherwood farm Isherwood is a 120 hectare sheep & beef farm, located in the Canterbury foothills, one hour from Christchurch. It has a flat to rolling contour, with a range of soil types from heavy clay to free draining. It is mostly sown in long-term permanent pasture, and is unirrigated. The farm is currently operated under a low input, regeneratively inspired sheep and beef breeding and finishing system.

The effluent that didn't smell

By Samuel in research

August 6, 2021

Farming is the management of complex biological systems, systems we do not fully understand. Agricultural science is the process of trying to understand those systems better, little by little. But there is much we still do not know. The most exciting science is when you have an interesting observation, and try to figure out what is behind it. The mystery of the missing smell Several years ago I was approached by a dairy farmer who had been applying extremely low rates of N fertiliser, yet achieving levels of production per hectare that were equivalent to high input conventional farms.

Isherwood Research Station

The effluent that didn't smell

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