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It's that time again to break out the gumboots and a warm coat for the National Fieldays, which for 2023, returns to its normal mid-winter timeslot.
Mother Nature always has a part to play at harvest, so after intermittent showers on already wet fields made it a challenging period at Crystal Brook, in South Australia’s Mid North, David Hosking was keen to see how quickly his new John Deere X9 1000 combine harvester could get through the workload.
The humble muck-spreader has evolved into the technological age, with UK-built Bunning rear discharge spreaders offering a range of options to suit today’s precision farming requirements.
Primary sector education and exciting career opportunities will be showcased at the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub next month.
The Fieldays Forestry Hub will again feature at Mystery Creek in Waikato.
Massey University will be celebrating its 50th anniversary of holding a site at the National Fieldays this year.
AI is being used to report on samples with high parasite counts ensuring farmers with high FECs (faecal egg counts) receive results within minutes.
B+LNZ says while the 1 May application date has passed for farmers requiring a resource consent to graze their winter forage crops this year, it's not too late to put together a wintering plan.
All sheep, beef and deer farming operations should consider joining the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme (NZFAP).
Alliance Group says it has invested in new technology designed to measure the level of intramuscular fat in its beef and lamb to help capture greater product value.
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OPINION: The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) recently released a report on the state of New Zealand freshwater (“Our Fresh Water 2023”).
Described as probably the biggest Can-Am ATV launch of the past ten years, for the New Zealand farmer, the new Outlander PRO comes with a range of updates and improvements.
Animal diseases are associated with significant increases in livestock greenhouse gas emissions, land use and reduced productivity.
OPINION: Government, industry representatives and media always state: “our commentary, policy etc., is science based” and “the science is settled”.
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