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AS SOON as your lucerne is 15cm high your stock should be into it, says Lincoln University’s guru on the crop, Derrick Moot.
DAIRYNZ’S FERTILITY Focus Report (FFR) is “a great place to start to get that high level view” on herd reproductive performance, said LIC’s Horrell.
Definitive answers on what killed hundreds of cows on swedes in Southland during the winter and early spring are still some way off, leaving growers and dairy farmers facing tough sowing decisions.
HOW MUCH use a lymph test would be in New Zealand is doubtful, says a vet coordinating work on controlling the disease in cattle here.
NEW STRATEGIES for targeted treatment to control scour worms (Trichostrongylus spp.) in sheep are being developed in Australia to avoid drench resistance.
WHEN RURAL News reviewed the 2011 Honda TRX500, we commented that it was a subtle evolution of the old model, the list of changes being relatively modest.
EUROPEAN-MADE SIP 800 triple mower-conditioners, after two seasons, are still running up to speed for Waikato business Reymer Ag Contractors, reports the distributor Webbline.
FOR MOST dairy farmers, maintenance on the milking shed won’t be top of mind just yet.
PRICES REMAINED firm overall at the South Island wool sale this week, says WSI general manager, John Dawson.
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MASSEY FERGUSON says its new MF 9407S telescopic handler specifically suits farming.
PLANT & Food Research, in partnership with NZ Hops and Chris Little Engineering, have formally opened a new research brewery at the company's Motueka site.
The 'Hop Lab' has been designed to allow the hops breeding team the ability to create experimental trial brews from promising new hop cultivars in order to evaluate sensory characteristics.
EBOLA IS hitting agricultural activities in affected West Africa countries, raising food security fears.
FARMERS COULD extract 20% more value from their fertiliser spend by using their fertiliser contractors' TracMap TracLink system more effectively, says the company's managing director Colin Brown.
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