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Better bull buying boosts returns

USING BREEDING values as part of your bull buying strategy could add thousands of dollars to the bottom line of your business – but only if you, or your agent, understand the principals and, crucially, financial implications.

Can lambs beat cash crops?

KINBURN FARM, Poukawa, is next door to Poukawa Research Station, so perhaps it's no coincidence its owner Rob Buddo is working closely with PRS scientist Dr Paul Muir on a lucerne cultivar demonstration.

Comparative advantage eroding

WHEN I left Massey and began, as a naïve city girl, listening to farmers in Taranaki in 1990, the incredible comparative advantage of the NZ dairy industry struck me as an epiphany.

Info flows in many ways

INFORMATION TRANSFER 'flows' many ways. There's the ripple effect of information from field days and seminars spreading 'over the fence'; but there's also the 'coalface' concept vital for the incremental innovation that underpins most advances in efficiency and productivity.

Editorial - Taurus too easy?

AROUND MID-MORNING on Monday February 19, 2001, Donald Vidgeon, a drover of long experience, alerted Craig Kirby, the resident vet at Cheale’s Abattoir in Brentwood, Essex (UK) to a problem with a batch of sows held over from Friday’s shift.

Spierings sees room to improve

Fonterra needs to sit closer to its customers and listen to their needs, because products are being invented that don't necessarily align with what customers want.

NZ tops for renewable capital

WE OFTEN think New Zealand is doing it tough down here in our far-flung corner of the world.

US should consider subsidy shift

THE ERA of direct payments is over for US farmers and farm policy should focus on risk management that helps producers who suffer losses on crops actually grown.

Mental health link to red meat

red meat is a good mood food, but an Australian report says getting the right amount is much like the dilemma Goldilocks faced.

Careers eye-opener a hit

Senior students interested in careers in agriculture turned up in droves to the first of this year's Get Ahead Experience days, held at the Karapiro Domain, Waikato.