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Talking Dairy: Plantain proving its worth | Ep. 50

Rotorua farm owner Steve Holdem joins us to share his experience with Ecotain plantain: what’s worked well, what he and wife Paula have learned about maintaining it, and how it’s saving them from reducing their stocking numbers. Also on the podcast is DairyNZ’s Kate Fransen, who’ll give a clear overview of what a decade’s research has taught us about plantain. New results show even better than expected leaching reductions can be achieved. Chapters 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - Intro to the DairyNZ-led Plantain Potency and Practice Programme 5:05 - How plantain works: four mechanisms 8:20 - Plantain's current use by farmers across the regions 10:02 - Why Steve started using plantain 12:37 - Learning to maintain it 15:12 - Recent research results: significant leaching reductions 21:14 - Results on Steve's farm 25:45 - Steve: how to get the best out of plantain 28:09 - How farmers can get credit for using plantain 30:56 - Where to now with the research 33:25 - Steve: "Get into it" 34:03 - Kate on management challenges