An Eco Farmer’s Results – Nov 2021

Ecofarm Aotearoa has made some significant discoveries and developed major improvements over the past months and years and we want to share them with you.

We see the effect on the soil, with massive lift in carbon. On one part of the farm accumulated 30tons per hectare in 3 years and on the hills 18 tons a hectare in 3 years. On a compliance issue this helps but the water retention going into summer from this has major benefits.

The results in the soil are affecting water quality as the nitrate levels in the water leaving the farm are .05ppm well below the maximum of 11.3ppm and the projected regulatory levels of 2ppm.

Pasture tests also confirm a change in nutrient status with nitrogen levels close to 3% which determines the livestock will not be under nitrate stress. As many know this leads to lower animal performance and reproduction, but what is not widely known high nitrates in feed lead to lowering oxygen levels in the blood and anaerobic digestion which produces methane.

You may be also interested in how the weeds are not growing and many other interesting benefits that can come from looking at our productive systems in a different way.

To get the full story of how these amazing results are achieved you can get the details in my book “An Ecofarmer’s Discovery”. Click the link below.
https://www.ecofarmaotearoa.nz/book