Drift to dairying cuts sheep numbers
Southland's sheep and beef stock numbers continue to drop as more farmers turn to a more lucrative dairy industry. Beef + Lamb's annual stock number survey, released this week, shows dwindling sheep...
View Article26 February 2015 - Results of the December 2014 agricultural survey...
(Source: Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) The results of the December 2014 agricultural survey have been released by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. ~ Thursday, 26...
View ArticleLivestock estimates, July 1, 2015 (Statistics Canada)
(Source: Statistics Canada) TextCANSIM tablesRelated informationPrevious release Released: 2015-08-20 Canadian farmers had 13.0 million cattle on their farms on July 1, down 2.1% from July 1, 2014,...
View Article26 February 2015 - Results of the December 2014 agricultural survey (Northern...
(Source: Northern Ireland Executive) The results of the December 2014 agricultural survey have been released by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. ~ Thursday, 26 February 2015 This...
View ArticleSheep and beef optimism
Sheep and beef farming profitability is set to improve in the 2014-15 season on the back of favourable climatic conditions, expected higher product prices and a more export-friendly exchange rate. The...
View ArticleNew farming group leader targets meat reform
Rick Powdrell sees a tough three years in front of him as the new Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairman. Meat industry reformation, stricter environmental regulations, a wool levy vote and land use...
View ArticleLivestock estimates, July 1, 2016 (Statistics Canada)
(Source: Statistics Canada) Released: 2016-08-18 Cattle inventories 13.2 million July 1, 2016 1.3% (annual change) Hog inventories 13.5 million July 1, 2016 1.9% (period-to-period change) Sheep...
View ArticleSprinkling of rain, lot more needed for dry Manawatu farms
Paddocks had a welcome sprinkling of rain yesterday, but summer is set to stay for a while yet, with long fine spells expected next week. Manawatu farms have been drying out, and although there was...
View ArticleWhat’s the beef with chicken?
There’s a paradox about meat. Britain’s pastoral landscape is more pleasing to the eye than hedgeless expanses of wheat and oilseed rape; and it doesn’t take a genius to see that cattle and sheep...
View ArticleFrosty weather expected
Farmers say the cold snap will kill some pasture but it will also kill stock bugs that took a toll on sheep and cattle this summer. Grass grub, internal parasites and facial eczema spores would be...
View ArticleFarmer wants 'cowboy' graziers to clean up act
Vim Reekers wants the dairy grazing industry to clean up its act. Too many farmers were happy to take money from dairy farmers and graze their young heifers, but were not properly feeding these cattle...
View ArticleCosts of cutting leaching studied
Canterbury farmers will plant chicory, plantain and other pasture alternatives as part of research to reduce nitrate leaching without losing farm income. The research programme, led by DairyNZ,...
View ArticleMaize cobs meal for livestock
The Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Board has developed a new, low-cost cattle feeding material, Wanda, from maize cobs and would train farmers interested in producing it. The maize cobs meal,...
View ArticleWorking as a team key to success
Farm environment award winners Mick and Karen Williams say they are happy to farm well within the limits of their tree and bush-studded cropping farm beside the Ruamahanga River. "You don't need to...
View ArticleFocus on feedlot fattening
PAKISTAN’S meat industry, estimated at $115m, remains underutilised as the calves are not provided quality feed, particularly by subsistence farmers, which results in low quality production of beef. As...
View ArticleWeight targets critical for heifers
Previous || Next Meeting heifer growth targets is vital to dairy farming success, a field day revealed. On their first visit to the new North Otago heifer-grazing focus farm late last year, cattle...
View ArticleCow herd put down over lead poisoning scare
About 100 cows on a Southland farm have died or had to be put down after an outbreak of lead poisoning. The cattle were grazing fodder beet on a paddock leased by a gun club, and injested high levels...
View ArticleChallenge of farming in land of extremes
Central Otago has a climate of extremes. From its dry barren hills to its irrigated flats, it has a contrasting landscape. Both sides of the spectrum will be presented at the New Zealand Grassland...
View ArticleSuccess lies with harvesting beet
Cropping farmer Mark Dillon has a new toy - and he's going to show farmers just what it can do at a field day on his Kaweku property, near Balfour, on Thursday. Dillon is the proud owner of a fodder...
View ArticleCentral Otago focus for Grasslands gathering
Central Otago has a climate of extremes. From its dry barren hills to its irrigated flats, it has a contrasting landscape. Both sides of the spectrum will be presented at the New Zealand Grassland...
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