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Effect of sheep and cattle treading damage on soil microporosity and soil water holding capacity

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  • Houlbrooke, D.J.
  • Laurenson, S.

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With the recent introduction of a large scale district irrigation scheme into the North Otago Rolling Downlands (NORD) of New Zealand, land use has intensified including a shift from dryland sheep farming to irrigated dairying. Land use change and intensification has lead to considerably greater physical pressure on soils and has been associated with a decline in soil physical condition. A farmlet trial was established in the NORD to compare the influence of four farm management systems; cattle irrigated, cattle dryland, sheep irrigated and sheep dryland on soil structure. Soil compaction under irrigated cattle grazed pasture caused a significant decline in readily available water (RAW) relative to all other treatments. A decline in total porosity and pore size indicated a lower irrigation volume applied more frequently will be required to maintain soil matric potential between irrigation trigger point (−100kPa) and field capacity (−10kPa). Changes in soil water release characteristics under animal grazing may also limit the rate of natural soil structural recovery thereby increasing the risk of repeated soil damage with on-going grazing, particularly under cattle irrigated pasture, where the initial damage was most severe.

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  • Houlbrooke, D.J. & Laurenson, S., 2013. "Effect of sheep and cattle treading damage on soil microporosity and soil water holding capacity," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 81-84.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:121:y:2013:i:c:p:81-84
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.01.010
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    1. McDowell, R.W. & van der Weerden, T.J. & Campbell, J., 2011. "Nutrient losses associated with irrigation, intensification and management of land use: A study of large scale irrigation in North Otago, New Zealand," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(5), pages 877-885, March.
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