https://www.agresearch.co.nz/news/aramiro-where-innovation-meets-whenua “Biochar and beyond Now, the partnership is breaking new ground again — quite literally — with the launch of Aotearoa’s first long-term field trial into biochar in pastoral systems. Biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from forest waste, has potential … Continue reading
BNNZ are planning to support this event with an information booth and possibly a small flame-cap production demo (fire permit permitting!). BNNZ & ABE supporters are welcome to attend and do reach out if you want to help in the … Continue reading
NZ Grower & Orchardist – pages 57 – 59 … Continue reading
“Pilot three involves a 12-month field trial of biochar on kiwifruit orchards – biochar is a carbon-rich material known to improve soil nutrient availability, sequester carbon and improve soil drainage and aeration. While biochar has been used with other crops, … Continue reading
https://www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/news/2024-news/lake-hood-water-quality-update-1-may-2024 … Continue reading
The bio for the above story does not specifically mention biochar but a G-Scholar search on Prof. Condron pulls a lot of historic research conducted at Lincoln, mostly around the interaction of biochar with N. I’ve filtered the results with … Continue reading
Master’s research project on Repurposing Food Scraps With Biochar for High Production Soils In New Zealand – applications invited Biochar research goes bananas Co/ Betsey and the team at The Hibiscus Coast Zero Waste initiative. And who new we had … Continue reading
Funding round open for Greenhouse Gas Inventory Research Date: 09 June 2023 “The 10 priorities for this year’s funding round are: …development of a biochar database and methodology to include in New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory [1 priority] A bit … Continue reading
I’ve been a bit slow discovering this Global Research Alliance research summary in which NZAGRC staff are listed as contributing authors. The report does not get too excited about biochar efficacy but page 7 does keep the door open to … Continue reading
NZAGRC has recently shared a report covering their progress in 2021. The report does mention biochar on pg30… I posted on this MPI commissioned report here: https://soilcarbon.org.nz/important-new-report-for-nz/ I can’t recall seeing any synopsis coming from the Wellington presentation but I … Continue reading