Late autumn is an ideal time to do a feed budget to help meet livestock performance targets and set up pastures for spring.
Despite the potential advantages of mating hoggets nationally, only about one third of these young ewes are put to the ram each year.
Dairy farmers are being encouraged to maintain the body condition of their rising three-year-olds as first-time calvers to help secure their longevity in the herd and maximise profitability.
A Fonterra directive that non-replacement calves from supplying farms enter a value stream from next year is a bold move, says William Morrison, Morrison Farming.
Otorohanga dairy farmer Mark Sanson admits he gets cow envy when he drives past the Waikato farm of a fellow Holstein Friesian breeder - but it won't be long until his own herd is the subject of many in admiring glance.
Gordon Levet is a Northland sheep farmer and ram breeder who has spent a lifetime breeding sheep for worm resistance and facial eczema (FE) tolerance. He began breeding for worm resistance in 1987, recognising that there was a genetic component to a sheep's ability to tolerate worms and this has shaped his thinking on the issue...
The Ovis Management programme, which works to promote control of sheep measles across New Zealand, has appointed a new project manager.
"Breeders working for breeders" is how Taranaki farmer Wayne Taylor describes a joint sire-proving venture between Holstein Friesian NZ and CRV.
A pair of Massey University students have developed game-changing technology that helps dairy farmers monitor their cow health remotely.
Livestock farmers are being urged to plan ahead for possible meat processing disruption due to Covid-19.
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