Reducing the external environmental costs of pastoral farming in New Zealand: experiences from the Te Arawa lakes, Rotorua [PDF]
, 2011 Decades of nutrient pollution have caused water quality to decline in the nationally iconic Te Arawa (Rotorua) lakes in New Zealand. Pastoral agriculture is a major nutrient source, and therefore this degradation represents an external environmental cost
Abell, Jonathan Michael +2 more
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Transition to farming – transition to milk culture: a case study from Mala Triglavca, Slovenia
Documenta Praehistorica, 2013 In this paper, we discuss the transition to milk culture. While archaeological and biochemical data suggest that dairying was adopted in the Neolithic in Europe, archaeogenetic data show the absence of the allelic variant –13 910*T and very low lactase ...
Mihael Budja +5 more
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2013 The ability to digest milk during adulthood (lactase persistence) is a genetically determined trait present only in humans. Its origin and diffusion are correlated with the development of pastoralism and the consumption of fresh milk.
Michela Leonardi
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The political economy of a productivist agriculture: New Zealand dairy discourses [PDF]
, 2006 The New Zealand dairy industry faces political and commercial pressure to improve its environmental performance on the one hand while maintaining economic efficiency and commercial competitiveness in a global marketplace on the other. The growing scale
Jay, Grace Mairi M.
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Pigment & Resin Technology, 2013 Highlights of the dairy production systems research program, focusing on recent research. More than 60 expert researchers conduct production systems research relating to dairy cattle. State-of-the-art facilities and herds at two research stations provide a foundation for much or their work. Industry and government support the leading edge research that
Carla Oliveira +3 more
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Dairying, Dispossession, Devastation
, 2020 The past three-and-a-half decades of neoliberal orthodoxy in New Zealand have been marked by the rapid expansion and intensification of the New Zealand dairy industry.
M. Wynyard
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The origins of lactase persistence in Europe.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2009 Lactase persistence (LP) is common among people of European ancestry, but with the exception of some African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian groups, is rare or absent elsewhere in the world.
Yuval Itan +4 more
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Role of nanotechnology in mastitis treatment for dairy cows: a mini review
Letters in Animal Biology, 2023 Mastitis is among the most popular ailments in dairy cow that results in the greatest financial losses for dairy farms. Different strains of bacteria, fungus, and algae are responsible for causing mastitis. Mostly this disease is typically caused by
Ved Prakash +3 more
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 69, Issue 1, February 2026.Many regions across New Zealand experience cold, wet winters with low pasture growth. Consequently, farmers often rely on winter forage crops to feed cows, resulting in challenges with animal welfare, environmental damage and operational difficulties. Despite the potential of off‐paddock facilities to overcome negative outcomes of crop wintering, only ...
Teresa M. Anderson +4 more
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Transport innovation and areal association in the Manawatu dairy industry : the role of transport from before 1880 to the present day and the impact of innovation in the areal association between supplier and factory and between factory and factory : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Geography at Massey University [PDF]
, 1972 For the New Zealand dairy industry, "the principal - one might say the only important disadvantage - was the obstacle of distance...." (Philpott, 1937:11) Although concerned here with the difficulties of overseas transport, (he suggested that time and ...
Wishnowsky, Richard Earle
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