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International experts to share their wisdom on selenium supplementation

Trina Parker, country manager of BEC Feed Solutions.

A one-day free seminar on selenium next month in Hamilton will present data on boosting animal health and productivity, says the organiser, BEC Feed Solutions.

Measuring and monitoring a key part of ewe management

Australian livestock consultant San Jolly says maximising ewe survivability and profitability are underpinned by four key profit drivers.

Managing ewes for maximum survival and profitability is underpinned by four key profit drivers, says Australian livestock consultant San Jolly.

Benefits of beef sires

Use of proven beef genetics delivers the goods on dairy farms, a five-year study has found.

Environment awards prove a worthy challenge for Taranaki couple

Opunake dairy farmers Kenneth and Rachel Short say entering the awards was a great challenge for them.

Entering the Taranaki Ballance Farm Environment Awards was a great challenge for Opunake dairy farmers Kenneth and Rachel Short.

Finding a solution to a very real problem

Many in the rural contracting sector have had a real job finding the right kind of skilled, local people to fill vacancies in the industry.

Recent debate about unemployed New Zealanders and their keenness – or lack of it – to gain work was sparked after Prime Minister John Key commented how hard it is to get beneficiaries into seasonal work.

Dairy sheep a possible pathway to added-value agriculture

Areas such as Southland and the central North Island are touted as potential sheep milking regions.

Interest in dairy sheep is slowly but surely rising in New Zealand, claims real estate company Bayleys.

Dirty politics?

Your old mate was always convinced that a shady cabal of players had hooked their wagons – behind the scenes – to the failed attempt to ‘shanghai’ the proposed Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling merger.

Deer farming and photography – all in a day’s work

Emma Coutts loves her farm job which she says is a good balance of office and outdoors work. Photo: Elsie Rutherford.

Being the only female worker on a deer farm has never fazed Emma Coutts, after years of experience around deer.

Robots must be affordable to be useful

Robotics will play a huge role in the future of horticulture, but it is no use building robots no one can afford, says Steve Saunders, founding director of Newman Park Innovation Centre, Tauranga.

OIO approves Silver Fern Farms deal

Silver Fern Farms welcomes the Overseas Investment Office’s (OIO) approval of the application by Shanghai Maling to invest $261m into the company to create a 50/50 partnership.