Table 31: Changes in chemical fertiliser use on survey farms for the five year period from 1991.
(Percent farmers responding)
Indicator |
Farm type |
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Sheep, beef, |
Sheep, beef, |
|||||
deer |
deer |
Hobby |
Chi- |
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Dairy |
larger units |
smaller units |
< 50 su |
Overall |
square1 |
|
>500 su |
50-500 su |
|||||
| Fertiliser used in the | n=71 |
n=74 |
n=85 |
n=86 |
n=316 |
|
| past five years | 54.2 |
|||||
| Yes | 97.2 |
98.7 |
85.9 |
62.8 |
85.1 |
d.f.=3 |
| No | 2.8 |
1.3 |
14.1 |
37.2 |
14.9 |
*** |
| Trend in the fertiliser | n=68 |
n=71 |
n=72 |
n=50 |
n=261 |
|
| use in the last five years | ||||||
| Increased | 76.5 |
45.1 |
44.4 |
34.0 |
51.0 |
34.5 |
| Remained the same | 22.0 |
35.2 |
48.6 |
52.0 |
38.7 |
d.f.=6 |
| Decreased | 1.5 | 19.7 |
7.0 | 14.0 |
10.3 |
|
| Fertiliser use in 1996 | n=68 |
n=73 |
n=72 |
n=48 |
n=261 |
|
| compared to 1995 | ||||||
| More | 30.9 |
27.4 |
25.0 |
18-8 |
26.1 |
9-9 |
| About the same | 64.7 |
52.1 |
59.7 |
62.5 |
59.4 |
d.f.=6 |
| Less | 4.4 |
20.5 |
15.3 |
18.7 |
14.5 |
NS |
1 Significance of differences in fertiliser
use between farm types:
NS = Not Significant, *** = P < 0.001, ** P < 0.05 and P < 0. 1.
Source: ADOPTECH Survey 1996.
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