Sprinkling 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...
View ArticleFirst of Manawatu Farm Days a hit at Morrison Farm
The farm gate was flung open for the first of the Manawatu Farm Days designed to give more people an experience of rural life. Families were welcomed on to Morrison Farm, near Marton, yesterday. It was...
View ArticleFodder beet fills gap in feed to lift profits
Research funded by DairyNZ shows fodder beet has benefits as a winter crop with high metabolic energy, as long as it is properly managed. Photo from Allied Press files Fodder beet can be a...
View ArticleLight stubble grazing doesn't reduce crop yields (GRDC - Grains Research and...
(Source: GRDC - Grains Research and Development Corporation) Light sheep grazing of crop residues over summer in no-till systems does not negatively impact on subsequent grain crop yields, soil health...
View ArticleManagement Notes for August 2016 (Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
(Source: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs - Northern Ireland Government) Management Notes are prepared by staff from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise...
View ArticleSeedy paddock save for sheep producers (NSW Agriculture, Biosecurity and Mine...
(Source: NSW Agriculture, Biosecurity and Mine Safety Division) 13 Jul 2015 Sheep and lamb producers have been reminded that winter is the time to plan strategies to keep flocks free of grass seed...
View ArticleSheep farmers can milk dairying for advice
Sheep farmers have a lot to learn from the dairy industry about feeding stock. That is according to former AgResearch scientist Tom Fraser, who praised the simple yet effective system dairy farmers had...
View ArticleHonour for noted sheep breeder
In 1956, 23-year-old romney stud breeder Roger Marshall sold his first rams at the Manawatu and West Coast Ram Fair in Feilding. The Rangitikei Mail reported that when the first ram was knocked down at...
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