VETS HAVE called on rural New Zealand communities to work with them to ensure antimicrobial medicines are used wisely.

A COMPULSORY control programme for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in New Zealand is unlikely in the near future despite a growing number of nations, mostly European, adopting such measures, says the chairman of a national steering committee on the disease.

BEEF + LAMB says the number of lambs tailed across New Zealand is down by 4.7% compared with last spring.

ELECTRONIC MASS control (EMC) on Kuhn hydraulic-drive Axis fert spreaders, and new GPS-linked technology, raises the machines’ performance at headlands and field corners, says the New Zealand distributor.

A NEW effluent pond stirrer to be released soon will require limited maintenance and carry a two-year warranty – almost unheard of in the dairy industry, says manufacturer Plucks Engineering.

WAIKATO FARMERS Rebecca and Len Walling are dishing out 10 tonnes of feed daily using an Irish-made Abbey VF (vertical feeder) 2850 mixer wagon, reports the supplier, Farmgard.

WHILE HOT humid weather across the country has provided the perfect conditions for lush pasture cover this spring, farmers need to stay alert for an increased risk of facial eczema through summer.

THE NZ TRANSPORT Agency and Police are reminding rural property owners particularly in Canterbury to ensure their properties are adequately fenced to contain their livestock.

THE HUNT IS UNDERWAY for examples of innovation within New Zealand's irrigation sector as industry body IrrigationNZ gears up for its bi-ennial conference in Hawkes Bay.

LAND SALES should continue to rise through summer, says PGG Wrightson Real Estate.

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