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CONVERTING A corner of a large-scale Southland sheep and beef unit to dairy has made the whole business more sustainable, say Andrew and Heather Tripp.
DURING THE last month most cows will have reached peak milk production. The typical rate of post-peak decline for pasture-fed herds is accepted as being 7% month on month.
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THE FIGURES speak for themselves, says CRV Ambreed. Nearly 86,000 daughters still milking in the national herd and producing a combined 1.23 million straws of semen between them.
FARMERS PLANNING an effluent storage facility on their farms must get the size and location right.
RECENT RESOURCE management regulations require that all consented fresh water takes will soon have to be measured and recorded.
SEPARATING SOLIDS from liquids before they enter storage is a major benefit in the process of effluent handling, says GEA Farm Technologies (GEA FT).
A RECENT major upgrade by Shane Goldsmith included building a farm dairy on a new site and installing an effluent processing and disposal system.
WAIKATO FARMER Chris Lewis says a new feeder called conedose offers opportunity for large herd owners to solve a known feed supplement problem.
KIA HAS expanded its Optima range in New Zealand with a new ‘entry level’ model, on sale at $41,990 plus on-road costs.
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Dairy export volumes rose 32% but prices were down 13% in the September 2012 quarter, says Statistics New Zealand.
Fonterra Chairman elect John Wilson says the launch of TAF and opening of the new Darfield site symbolises the strong future for the 100% farmer controlled and owned cooperative.
Fonterra's TAF (trading among farmers) is underway.
And within minutes, the selling price of Fonterra share units rose 21% to $6.66.
When Fonterra shareholder Philip van der Bijl stepped up to ring the market bell on the stroke of midday today it marked the start of live share trading among farmers, and a new era of opportunity for New Zealanders to join the Fonterra success story.
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