Why produce nutrient budgets?

OVERSEER^® is an agricultural management tool that assists in examining nutrient use and movements within a farm to optimise production and environmental outcomes.

OVERSEER^® calculates and estimates the nutrient flows in a productive farming system and identifies potential for risk of environmental impacts through calculation of nutrient loss as run-off and leaching and greenhouse gas emissions.

Its current uses are in the development of on-farm nutrient budgets, whole-of-farm nutrient management plans and, through the use of additional proprietary software, the development of farm specific fertiliser recommendations. Because it calculates potential greenhouse gas emissions, it has a potential role to play in any future emissions trading scheme.

OVERSEER^® is a valuable tool for a range of users, most particularly farmers and their advisers, and policy makers.

Follow the links for more information on OVERSEER^® and its applications to New Zealand agriculture.

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