NitroStop™
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Pastoral Robotics have invested heavily on science and research to continuously improve the treatment of urine patches, which is a major source of nitrate leaching on livestock farms. The many and ongoing experiments have currently led to a NitroStop mixture of consistently increasing grass growth up to 25% and reducing nitrate leaching by 10-20% on paddock scale. Continuous research is conducted to explore other mitigation options for regulators to approve and to optimise NitroStop’s™ capability to increase nutrient use efficiency and reduce nitrate leaching.
Pastoral Robotics uses around 220 lysimeters and 600 suction cups throughout New Zealand. Science is taken seriously and have published numerous papers that the NitroStop™ mixture is based off.
Currently, NitroStop™ works by stimulating the rate of grass growth, which in turn increases the rate of nitrogen uptake by the pasture. The outcome of applying NitroStop™ to urine patches is that more of the available nitrates is used for grass growth, leading to reduced leaching in the urine effected soil and more pasture to feed animals. A rare win-win scenario for everyone. |
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Installation of a lysimeter facility in Canterbury.
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Completed Rotorua lysimeter research facility.
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