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		<title>Hidden Tillers of the Soil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Soil is very much a living substance &#8211;it&#8217;s either breaking up or building up. Millions of micro-organisms and other life-forms that live in or on the soil are the main agents of this continuous change. Without these micro-organisms &#8211; many of which are microscopic and beyond the vision of the naked eye &#8211; dead organic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2008/04/03/hidden-tillers-of-the-soil/</link>
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		<title>The Underground Currency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Think of the soil in commercial terms for a minute. It&#8217;s not as out there as you might think. Cation nutrients are the currency in which soil deals, and soil colloids are the traders. As a couple of American researchers put it, &#34;the first order of business for soil colloid is to hold nutrients &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2008/04/02/the-underground-currency/</link>
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		<title>Magnesium Importance</title>
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MAGNESIUM is an extremely important element for all stock. It is defined as a macro element, which means it is required in large quantities. Magnesium is vital for a number of different functions in the body; including relaxation of muscles and nerves, utilisation of calcium and converting sugars to energy. Magnesium is not stored well [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2008/03/23/magnesium-importance/</link>
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		<title>A Brief note on Carbon</title>
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Where soil Organic Matter is 10% in the top 7.5 cm, that soil is about 5.8% carbon. The bulk density of soil in the field is generally greater than one, if we use a bulk density of 1, this is 43,500 kg C in the top 7.5 cm, which is quite a large amount. There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2007/07/20/a-brief-note-on-carbon/</link>
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		<title>The Battle of the Lurgi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no denying the considerable contribution vaccines and anti-biotics make to animal and human health. But wouldn&#8217;t it be even better if we did not need to use them so much, if we could avoid the conditions that force us to use them.
Think for a minute: How successful have vaccines been in preventing colds and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2006/10/24/battle-of-the-lurgi/</link>
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		<title>Microbes out front in ‘key challenge’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we, at Fertilizer New Zealand, talk about the urgency of managing nitrogen-fertiliser use, we know we are in good company.
Nitrate losses to the environment were identified as &#8220;a key challenge for farming&#8221; in the 2004 findings presented by the Parliamentary commissioner for the environment, Morgan Williams, in his report, &#8216;Growing for Good: Intensive farming, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2006/09/18/microbes-out-front-in-%e2%80%98key-challenge%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>The soil makes the being</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a small &#8211; and entirely logical &#8211; step from the realisation that &#8220;the soil makes the grass&#8221; to &#8220;the soil makes the animal&#8221;.
The better the quality and balance of the soil, the better the protein of the grass and crops, and the better the quality of the animal &#8211; always with the rider that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2006/08/28/the-soil-makes-the-being/</link>
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		<title>Biochemical photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mankind has long understood the words of Ash Wednesday: &#8220;Remember that you are dust and that you will return to dust.&#8221;
Our ancestors were well aware that this &#8220;dust&#8221; of the soil is what determines vigour and health. Well before metabolism and enzymatic functions were known about, our forebears looked at what they saw around them, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2006/07/31/biochemical-photos/</link>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t kill your volunteer army</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people misunderstand or know little about the movement of water in soils.
The average person will assume that water simply moves downwards. But, in fact, if water is applied to soil at a single point, it defies the law of gravity and moves sideways just as fast as it goes down. The result &#8211; it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2006/07/29/dont-kill-your-volunteer-army/</link>
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		<title>You reap what you grow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flower buds and flowers are prerequisites to the production of seeds or fruit by plants.
Tiny flower buds are actually formed long before they become obvious. In corn, for example, the cob and tassel buds form when the plant is only about knee high. In apple trees, the buds that will produce next year are formed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.newzealandfertiliser.co.nz/2006/06/29/you-reap-what-you-grow/</link>
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