Dairy unity
OPINION: A last-minute compromise ensured that the election of the new Federated Farmers national dairy chair wasn't a repeat of…
DAIRY FARM use of chicory is increasing considerably because the plant’s tap root makes it particularly suitable for dry conditions. But using the ryegrass standard formula for plate meter readings will not give an accurate estimate of chicory mass, the recent DairyNZ Farmers Forum heard.
THE DROUGHT has caused on-going pasture deficits on many farms, and in the past few weeks many farmers have asked me how much maize silage they can feed.
FARMERS ARE invited to learn how they could make more money from every cow in their herd at events from this week in Southland, Otago, Canterbury and the West Coast.
A FARM consultant in Manawatu/Rangitikei questions a belief that because pasture has ‘gone green’, farmers are out of trouble. This is not so, says Lindsay Rowe, who is a vet.
A THREE-YEAR experiment with mixed pastures could have big implications for future management of environmental impacts.
EXTRA LARGE: key words for Robertson Manufacturing Ltd’s latest Mega Comby silage wagon XL (extra large). It was launched at the South Island Field Days.
A NEW rotavirus scours vaccine costing much less than usual will allow greater numbers of animals to be protected, says the supplier, Phoenix Pharm.
WHEN IRRIGATING effluent, consistent pressure and volume over greater distances are crucial – a case for progressing cavity (PC) pumps, says noted pump maker NOV Mono.
ON DISPLAY at the recent South Island Field Days was the latest Kuhn SR310 and SR312 rakes out of the company’s North American stable. Both are from the Speed Rake 300 series of high capacity carted wheel units.
HONDA’S BIG TRX500 had dropped off our radar recently, with a wave of large capacity imports taking more of the quad limelight.
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IT STARTED in a garage in Ashburton some 30 years ago.
A recent study has found using the plant hormone gibberellic acid as an alternative to nitrogen fertiliser in late winter and early spring can significantly improve pasture growth at a time when dairy farmers start grazing stock more heavily after calving.
DairyNZ subsidiary NZ Animal Evaluation Ltd (NZAEL), has reached agreement with LIC and CRV Ambreed for a standardised presentation of parentage and daughter based estimates as well as genomic based estimates for bulls this autumn.
A specially calendared Grown Cattle Fair brought out the cattle and the buyers with nearly 650 of the bovine attendees and a good number of Northern buyers on the bench.
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