The Department of Agricultural Sciences consists of animal science, plant science and farm management and agribusiness staff members.

The department teaches into a range of academic programmes but is primarily responsible for the Diploma in Agriculture, Farm Management, Horticulture and Horticulture Managment; the Bachelor in Commerce (Agriculture), and the Bachelor in Agricultural Science.  We also supervise a number of postgraduate programmes including both Masters degrees and PhD. 

The range of research conducted is quite extensive including:  conversion of forests into pasture, alternative dryland pasture species, grain legume agronomy, sustainability in farming systems, nitrogen fixation and nitrogen cycling, shelter on dairy farms, economic viability of NZ farming systems, animal nutrition, immunology etc.

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Contact Department of Agricultural Sciences
Ph. +64 3 3253 803
Fax. +64 3 3253 851
Email: Professor Andrew Sykes

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Email: Jan Haldane
Department of Agricultural Sciences
PO Box 84
Lincoln University
Lincoln 7647
Canterbury
New Zealand