Kōrero: Soils and regional land use

Farmer scattering magnesium

Farmer scattering magnesium

Pumice soils are naturally low in all nutrients, including trace elements such as magnesium. This farmer is spreading magnesite dust over pasture to prevent grass staggers in his cows, especially in spring.

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New Zealand Herald
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Photograph by Alan Gibson

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Allan Gillingham, 'Soils and regional land use - Central and western North Island', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17096/farmer-scattering-magnesium (accessed 19 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Allan Gillingham, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008