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Great start to his PhD thesis: Welten, B.G.; Ledgard, S.F; Schipper, L.A.; Judge A.A. (accepted) Effect of amending cattle urine with dicyandiamide on soil nitrogen dynamics and leaching of urinary-nitrogen. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment.

Today Paul Mudge successfully defended his PhD Thesis and is now Dr Mudge!

As part of our collaboration with the University of Rhode Island we have launched a new website on bioreactors and constructed wetlands. See: http://www.artificialnsinks.org/

Success! One on the change in soil C and N at the long-term Winchmore trial. Schipper, L.A.; Dodd, M.D.; Pronger, J.; Mudge, P.L.; Upsdell, M.; Moss, R. (accepted) Long-term changes in total soil C and N of pastures under differing irrigation … Continue reading →

Aaron has got all three towers established at Troughton farm going. Check out the raw CO2 flux data.

Congratulations to Paul Mudge on the submission of his PhD thesis on changes in δ15N in pastures with different management intensities

Last week Suzanne successfully defended her PhD thesis. To date she has also published two papers based on her work.

Our work on carbon balances of dairy farms is in the news: http://www.waikato.ac.nz/news-events/media/2012/05dairy-data-could-answer-carbon-questions.shtml and again… http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/farming/7250602/Changes-in-carbon-levels-of-dairy-farm-soils-quantified-evaluated

Congratulations to Alice for submitting her thesis entitled: “Comparison of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks of adjacent dairy and drystock pastures”. A mammoth effort sampling 60 pits to 60 cm alongside Amy Taylor.

Have added a number of links to the Science Learning Hub (University of Waikato) of Dave and Louis explaining various aspects of their work on video.