Our company
To achieve our Vision of being an outstanding research and development institute, AgResearch will focus on five goals:
- To achieve and continuously improve scientific and technological excellence.
- To be the leading developer and supplier of innovative solutions for our customers.
- To be a favoured employer of staff and provide an outstanding work environment.
- To meet high standards of ethical, social and environmental responsibility.
- To be financially sustainable in the long term.
Our activities range from fundamental ‘blue sky’ research through to applied research and development of our knowledge into products and services which offer solutions to meet the needs of the pastoral, agritechnology and biotechnology sectors.
Our ‘blue sky’ work includes research into the ecology and biology of soils, plants, rumen microbes, livestock animals, and livestock and plant pests in our pastoral systems. Our applied research uses specialised science and technology knowledge to meet the needs of farmers, supply and processing businesses, and biosecurity and environmental agencies for a better understanding of the environmental and biological systems on-farm, the processing value chains, the applications of technologies to farming and processing, and the impacts of pastoral farming on the broader environment.