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Definition of aerial topdressing in English: aerial topdressingnoun mass nounNZ The spreading of fertilizer from aircraft, typically on steeply sloping land. no aerial topdressing has been done in the valley for some years Example sentencesExamples - After the war he returned to the RNZAF, and became Station Commander of RNZAF Stations Wigram, Fiji and Taieri before leaving to take up aerial topdressing.
- It was assumed that ewes could not rear twins on the hill country, but the arrival of aerial topdressing improved pasture production and lambing percentages rose.
- The picture shows aerial topdressing in Kaituna Valley.
- They describe him as the pioneer of aerial topdressing.
- Then came the introduction of aerial topdressing in 1948.
- He was able to do quite a lot of development: fencing for subdivision into paddocks, buying some additional land, and getting aerial topdressing.
- As an aerial topdressing pilot in the early 1950s, he was given the task of testing and proving the prototype.
- On New Zealand's rugged landscapes aerial topdressing of pasturelands was widely adopted, and helped boost productivity.
- Granulated fertiliser delighted the aerial topdressing industry because it could be loaded and delivered better from aircraft, meaning less waste.
- Aerial topdressing opened up NZ's vast and hitherto infertile hill country to intensive pastoral production.
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