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Ignore unknown plants at your peril

IGNORING A new and unknown species in your pasture could cost you thousands of dollars later, so scout your paddocks and get help with anything untoward, says a leading weed scientist.

Bull sale sees prices lift

HANGAWERA STATION, part of Tainui Group Holdings, held its annual bull sale in early October.

Fescue fits for Northland farms

The problems caused by droughts in the far north have been well documented but a sometimes forgotten pasture species can help mitigate the impact. Gareth Gillatt reports.

Extra grass from careful establishment

TALL FESCUE is increasingly becoming the pasture of choice on some of Landcorp’s Northland farms in the face of increasingly severe summer droughts.

Technology buff keen to run farm remotely

SOUTH CANTERBURY farmer Alvin Reid is a happy man when he wakes up in the morning without having had a text overnight from his robotic farm.

Awards a way of showing townies and media the truth

SICK AND tired of bad press about farming? Then why not enter the Ballance Farm Environment Awards?

Big cost to fighting wild dogs

AUSTRALIA’S WOOL growers have spent A$7 million in five years fighting a national wild dog plague that threatened to put them out of business.

Animal testing likely to decline

The chairperson of the National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee (NAEAC) says while animals will continue to be needed for research, testing and teaching, she expects the number to gradually decline.

Survey finds big range in calf deaths

A SURVEY prompted by lack of data on calf deaths in the New Zealand dairy industry has found there’s a huge range in mortality.

When is it time to give up teaching a dog new tricks?

I CONFESS to persevering longer than most people with dogs that have issues, and I admit it is more enjoyable working with a dog that shows ability from day one. Perhaps I should be more ruthless? When do you draw the line with a problem dog?