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AT LEAST 40% of New Zealand is too steep to cultivate yet still less than 1000m above sea-level.
A NEW farm nutrient management package promises to show how and where to get the best bang for your buck with environmental damage mitigation options.
THE KEY issue with in-lamb hoggets is making sure they continue to grow and ensure that the animal has sufficient feed to allow for the foetus to grow as well, says a leading researcher on the subject.
ONE FARMER who is a great advocate of lambing hoggets (see p37) is John Heald, manager of Pohuetai Farms, Dannevirke.
DOGS DON’T beat one-another with sticks. Pups learn respect early from growling, snapping and being towered over.
BRITISH SCIENTISTS are urging people in towns and cities keen to help the beleaguered honey bee not to buy a hive but to grow bee-friendly flowers instead.
WHOLE GENOME sequencing will give researchers a better understanding of bovine TB outbreaks, a paper presented at a recent Society of General Microbiology conference in the UK predicts.
CATTLE FARMERS are being warned to be on the alert for anaemic and lethargic animals as a new strain of tick-borne disease Theileria sweeps south.
THE LEMKEN semi-mounted plough range is extended with the launch of the Diamant 11 and 12 series models. CB Norwood Distributors markets the brand in New Zealand.
BALER AND wrapper specialist McHale says its new Fusion 3 Plus baler-wrapper with ‘film-on-film’ technology makes better silage than conventional balers and saves time and money.
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JOHN DEERE’S S series harvester has a new engine speed management system that raises fuel efficiency, the company says.
KRONE Comprima bale users could soon be able to run netting and film through the same machines, as achieved during tests in New Zealand, says Krone New Zealand importer Tulloch Farm Machines.
A DIESEL powered Subaru Outback is a rare sight on New Zealand roads, largely because it came only with a manual gearbox – until now, that is.
NORTHLAND FARMER and northern North Island director for Beef + Lamb New Zealand, James Parsons has been appointed chair-elect of the organisation.
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