Gareth Morgan implies here that in future video they will address C-sequestration options for NZ. If you feel strongly that more effort should put into trialing biochar in NZ agriculture, then please reply to the video with your suggestions. Biochar … Continue reading
New Zealand’s post-2020 climate change target … has been announced and can be viewed from the MFE website via the linked headline above. You may think this cause for celebration but for me it is rather depressing. Its not the … Continue reading
Professors’ TR (Reg) Preston and Ron Leng are leading lights on biochar animal feeding and many other areas of biochar research. IBI biblio searches on ‘Preston’ (22 results) and ‘Leng’ (6 results) are revealing. They were principle authors on well … Continue reading
I’m forwarding from this NZ Herald link… not directly related to biochar (sorry – showing my colours) Hot Air – climate change politics in New Zealand is an award-winning feature length documentary which argues that corporate interests have prevented successive … Continue reading
After the previous video from Glenn, this positive biochar story is light relief. It highlights some great opportunities for NZ dairy farms to move toward sustainable farming practices. We’ve seen previously that standoff pads and herd homes are becoming important … Continue reading
If Glenn MacIntosh does not scare you in this 30mins then you are a fairly hard core climate change sceptic. We have a frightening and depressing outlook based on his review and my assessment of human nature. But I hear … Continue reading
I’m about to post 4 video presentations that have caught my eye recently. The first is from Dr Hugh McLaughlin – very informative 10min on biochar production fundamentals and carbon farming. … Continue reading
Applications for this post are now closed but I would guess it is a positive news story for biochar research in NZ. It would be hard to imagine that this work could be progress without the inclusion of more biochar … Continue reading
The molar H:Corg ratio of biochar is a key factor in mitigating N2O emissions from soil M.L. Cayuela, S. Jeffery, L. van Zwieten Highlights •An updated meta-analysis including 56 studies finds that biochar reduces soil N2O emissions by 49 ± 5%. •Field … Continue reading