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Milk production is now noticeably dropping off as the season draws to a close. With winter around the corner, grass growth has slowed as both air and ground temperatures drop. Herd condition is very good has we head into the winter months.
GALLAGHER PLANS to offer help to farmers needing to comply with the NAIT regulations kicking in on July 1, says key account manager Mathew Macfie.
A CORKILL Dairy Systems lobe pump installed early February already has a Norsewood, Hawke’s Bay, dairy farm noting a 6% increase in milk solids, says the supplier’s New Zealand sales manager, Vern Coxhead.
THE BEST bull in the world will be on display at National Fieldays, says LIC.
World-class researchers from a range of environmental and agricultural sciences within Massey University will work together to provide novel solutions to current river catchment and freshwater problems.
The Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC) is really pleased with the response to the webcast launching the program New Zealand Needs Fertiliser and Plants Need Food. It is a short, sharp educational programme aimed at correcting the myths over fertiliser use.
AGRESEARCH’S ROLE in the changes taking place in farming is the theme for the SOE’s site at National Fieldays. Its scientists continuing work with ryegrass will feature prominently.
ABBEY DIET feeders on Farmgard’s site will include a new 22m3 ‘flagship’ vertical-mixing model, with a self-steering tandem axle, from the Irish manufacturer.
TWO WEEKS out from his first National Fieldays as chief executive, Jon Calder is a confident man.
THERE’S NO mystery about what will be the best value ute at the Mystery Creek National Agricultural Fieldays, says Mitsubishi.
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Massey student Nick Coster was awarded the 2012 QEII Athol Patterson Bursary at a ceremony held at the university on Tuesday last week.
Federated Farmers believes observations by the World Wildlife Fund for nature highlights how the environment needs everybody working together, town and country united.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright is welcoming the World Wildlife Fund report, which is critical of New Zealand's environmental record.
Primary Industries Minister David Carter is representing New Zealand at the APEC Food Security Ministerial meeting in Russia this week. He will also travel to the US for a round of high level agriculture meetings.
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