Beef footprint study's NZ relevance questioned
New Zealand experts have questioned the relevance of a new study that highlights beef farming's high environmental impact. The study, which is based on US farming systems, said beef required 28 times...
View ArticleRed beef by word of mouth
Standing in the middle of a paddock holding a cow's uterus while the vet performed an emergency caesarean, Wairarapa red devon breeder Julian Downs was in disbelief. It was a world away from his job 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 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 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 ArticleDrift 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 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 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 ArticleWhat's in That Beef (Label)
Familiar with the catchphrase "Where's the beef?" It was first used in a hugely successful 1984 ad campaign for Wendy's, the fast-food chain, and it tickled the nation's collective funny bone. Thirty...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleChristmas Eve in Phoenix - Special Dining on Dec. 24th
I hope all your shopping is done and that tomorrow you will be spending the day with family. You might be volunteering or simply enjoying a day off, if Christmas isn't a holiday that you celebrate....
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...
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