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Integrating high yielding, sustainable crops into dairyingTo improve dairy farming productivity by at least 12% by demonstrating the successful and sustainable integration of forage cropping (targeting 45 TDM) into the pastoral dairy farming system. |
Expected outcomes of this project
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If 20% of Taranaki dairy farmers adopting system by 2015 system by 2015, an estimated $16,000,000 p.a. would be added to the gross income of these farmers and to the province annually. |
| Integration of high producing crops demonstrated to be able to be introduced into the dairying system, will give confidence to dairy farmers to adopt the system. |
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Sustainability measures to ensure that the system is a sustainable one, will contribute to the long term sustainability of dairying. |
| Demonstrate a profitable advantage to the system, will encourage more farmers to adopt the system. |
