The Greater Wellington soil quality monitoring programme consists of approximately 100 monitoring sites on a range of soils across the region under different land uses. The frequency of sampling is dependent on the intensity of the land use; dairying, cropping and market garden sites are sampled every 3-4 years, dry stock, horticulture and exotic forestry sites are sampled every 5-7 years, while indigenous vegetation sites are sampled every 10 years. This years’ report summarises monitoring results for dairying sites. An interactive version can be accessed from the land monitoring page.

Citation: Greater Wellington (GW). 2023. Soil quality monitoring 2023 – dairying land use.