SOSC 630
Soil Fertility and Management
Course overview
You¡¯ll take your knowledge of principles and practices of soil and fertiliser management to the next level.
Course information
Available semesters | Semester 1 2025 |
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Credits | 20 |
Domestic fees | $1,481.00 |
Please note: This course can¡¯t be fully completed online as you will need to be on campus to complete some activities.
What you will learn
After successfully completing this course, you¡¯ll be able to:
- Describe the effects of organic matter depletion on agricultural production and practices to maintain soil organic matter.
- Outline in detail the principles of soil fertility and nutrient cycling in pastoral agriculture, including soil fertility/climate/pasture yield relationships and soil pH/liming principles.
- Understand the principles and issues of soil management and water quality.
- Explain the principles, control and measurement of soil erosion.
- Describe effective trace element use in Aotearoa-New Zealand pastoral agriculture, including measurement, deficiencies and toxicities.
- Discuss current issues and research in soil fertility and management.
- Have a competent working knowledge of the Overseer? nutrient budget model: theory and demonstration for on-farm fertiliser recommendations and nutrient budgets.
- Understand the theory greenhouse gas losses in agriculture, calculate losses in Overseer?, the use of nitrification inhibitors and the New Zealand greenhouse gas inventory and the emissions trading scheme.