Holistic Farm Solutions have been involved in research regarding the reduction of odour (specifically ammonia), moisture reduction (dryer bedding) and reducing the amount of bedding material (shavings) used. This research were done in conjunction with Blue Pacific Minerals and the Dairy Goat Co-op with the emphasis on goat sheds.

The trial work has been carried out in goat sheds for quite some time. In addition Holistic Farm Solutions has also been working in piggeries over a period of time, addressing these issues.

ZorbiFresh has been found to significantly lower moisture levels in goat bedding where research trial work has been done.  The treated and untreated bedding pictures to the right show a clear difference in moisture content.  With the aid of an ammonia meter, it has been ascertained that ammonia levels have dropped from 144ppm in the original trial, over 4 days after ZorbiFresh was applied the levels dropped to 19ppm.

Holistic Farm Solutions are also doing research currently on soil amendments that may help to reduce toxic heavy metals in soils.

On an orchard that received an extremely heavy application of boron Holistic Farm Solutions thoroughly researched how to overcome this and treated the orchard from a number of angles and brought it back to full health in the course of 9 months.