Resources

Take a look at our resource articles, providing information related to the nutrition of healthy soil, plant and animal products.

Soil Nutrition

How to fight desertification and reverse climate change (Allan Savory | TED2013)

Proper Care - Feeding Soil (1.1MB)

Chicken Soup for the soil
Jerry Brunetti (984KB)

Enhancing carbon flow to soil
Christine Jones, PhD (251KB)

NZ KELP LTD
NZ KELP LTD (25KB)

The Below-Ground Connection
Dr. Mike Amaranthus (25KB)

Silicon: The Aristocrat
Hugh Lovel (1MB)

Trace Minerals: Beyond NPK
Gary F.Zimmer (600KB)

Building better soil with cover crops
Gary F.Zimmer (600KB)

Humates
Nutri-Tech Solutions(918 KB)

Nitrogen Processes.PDF
Nitrogen Processes(2 MB)

Carbon
Carbon(2 MB)

What is Biological Agriculture v4
Phyllis Tichinin

Soiltech Data

Time For More P Fertiliser?
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

Phosphorus “Gold Mine” In Your Soil
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

What Happens to Superphosphate P in the Soil?
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

Suffering From P Fixation?
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

Need More Fertiliser P?
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

FPF Improves phoshorus usuage
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

Fine lime boosts soil biology and farm productivity
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

Big benefits from fine particle fertiliser
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

The return of the natural fertilisers
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

Has your soil had a health check?
Soiltech Soil Scientist, Dave McKie MAgSc (Hons)

Plant Nutrition

Plant Nutrition
Rebecca Brown (3.8MB)

Mineral deficiencies in hops
From T. Wallace UK 1950’s shows colour photos (from the 1950’s but still useable) of a variety of dificiences in about 25 plants

Symptoms of deficiency in essential minerals
From an extensive on-line plant physiology book. Has excellent clear pictures of major deficiencies as shown in tomato plants.

Forage Fact File Narrow leaved Plantain
Simon Moloney, Consulting Forage Agronomist (626 KB)

Providing Plentiful Pasture Part 1
Life Style Farmer.co.nz (901 KB)

Providing Plentiful Pasture Part 2
Life Style Farmer.co.nz (915 KB)

Rhizobia Bill Lowther report FINAL May 2010
Dr Bill Lowther (149 KB)