Vegetable Research & Innovation

This is the final report of the Sustainable Vegetable Systems project. This programme has developed a new tool to enable vegetable growers to better manage inputs to meet economic crop production needs, while reducing environmental impact.

This is the final report of the Sustainable Vegetable Systems project. This programme has developed a new tool to enable vegetable growers to better manage inputs to meet economic crop production needs, while reducing environmental impact.

This User Guide has been prepared by Sarah Dobson and Andrew Barber of Agrilink NZ, with contributions from the wider Sustainable Vegetable Systems project team. The primary purpose of this Guide is to support users of the SVS Tool, www.svstool.co.nz. The SVS Tool is the main output from the Sustainable Vegetable Systems project.

Use these guidelines to collect a soil sample(s) and obtain mineral N and PMN test values from a commercial laboratory.

This document steps through the procedure for sampling vegetable crops for residue testing.

This report summarises the first six months of tile drain monitoring throughout spring and summer in the SFFF “What’s Coming Out of Tile Drains?” project

This guide is designed to assist you in making decisions related to installing and maintaining vegetated buffer strips.

This background material is supporting information to the Vegetated Buffer Strips Code of Practice.

This poster is designed for growers when using a product off label and on a crop or pest that is not listed on the label.

This covered crop growers’ biosecurity manual guides vegetable growers on good biosecurity practices. This manual allows growers to assess the biosecurity systems they have in place, and directs growers to information sources and further steps to consider.