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FARMERS LOOKING for an autumn crop should try to match the crop to the season, says Agricom product development specialist Allister Moorhead.
FACIAL ECZEMA has always been a risk for dairy replacements but over many years in most regions of the North Island, where the disease has been significant, lack of liveweight gain can be associated with FE.
Imagine a dairy industry without artificial breeding (AB). But back in the 1950s AB was revolutionary.
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SMALLER PADDOCKS for better grazing management mean farmers must open and shut more gates, especially on dairy farms.
TRACTOR FIRES caused by nesting birds take a regular toll of farmers’ gear. Birds want somewhere warm and dry to nest, and since many modern tractors are turbocharged there can be intense heat under a bonnet, therefore attractive for nesting but a greater fire risk.
THREE DAYS of sunshine netted thousands of visitors to the Central Districts Field Days 2012, the organisers say.
A SUBSTANTIAL side frame on McIntosh Bro's new 3 point linkage-mounted bale feeder reliably contains the round and big square bales this machine is designed to handle.
SSYANGYONG HAS given its A200S Actyon Ute a much needed and deserved facelift.
DairyNZ board member Barbara Kuriger has been announced as the winner of the first annual Dairy Woman of the Year award.
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WESTLAND MILK Products has bagged a top R&D award, winning the 'Best use of Research and Development in International Business' award, 2012.
NEXT SEASON'S milk payouts face a greater threat from the surging Kiwi dollar than supply/demand issues around the world, says BNZ economist Doug Steel.
FARMERS WILL no longer be required to place Animal Health Board (AHB) approved secondary ear tags on cattle and deer once the NAIT scheme comes into effect. The change to ear tagging requirements will take effect from July 1 for cattle and March 1 2013 for deer.
DairyNZ is searching for prize dairy effluent storage ponds in the first ever New Zealand Prize Pond 2012 Awards.
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