SIDE Funded Research and Projects

• Stereo Infra-red photogrammetry and Multi-Spectral imaging for rapid biomass availability and composition assessment
  Project team leader – Stuart Charters (Lincoln University)
• New Zealand Native Plants to Intercept Agricultural Nutrients
  Project team leader – Hannah Franklin (Lincoln University)
• An investigation into ‘Funky Food’ and its applicability to regions of the South Island
  Project team leader – Philippa Rawlinson (Federated Farmers)
• Dairy Support Land Project
  Project team leader – Richard Christie (SIDDC)
• The South Island Dairy Lameness Project
  Project team leader – Jim Gibbs (Lincoln University)
• Dairy Runoff Management and Profitability
  Project team leader – Brendan Richards (student, Lincoln University)
• Dairy Farm Reproductive Management in the Absence of Induced Parturition
  Project team leader – Anna Paton (student, Lincoln University)
• Pasture Analysis to Investigate Spring Milk Production Dip at LUDF
  Project team leader – Richard Dewhirst (Lincoln University)
• Total Productivity Factors
  Project team leader – Adam McCall (student, Lincoln University)
• Effluent Irrigator Audit Project
  Project team leader – Debbie Care (DairyNZ)
• Southland Demonstration Farm – Future Proofing Southland Dairy Farm Systems
  Project team leader – Alex Hunter (Southland Demonstration Farm)
• Winter Feeding Systems for Southland’s Burgeoning Dairy Industry
  Project team leader – Dawn Dalley (DairyNZ)
• Shorter Milking Times
  Project team leader – Jenny Jago (DairyNZ)
• West Coast Monitor Farms
  Project team leader – Michael Hart (West Coast Focus Farm Advisory Board)
• Reproductive Performance in Large Herds
  Project team leader – Chris Burke (DairyNZ)
• Assessment of Nitrogen Uptake of 16 Pasture Grass Species Under High N Loading
  Project team leader – Jim Moir (Lincoln University)
• Nitrogen fixation and performance of white clover in the presence of clover root weevil
  Project team leader – Mark McNeill (AgResearch)

If further information is required on the above projects, please contact the SIDE secretariat info@side.org.nz