Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
The long summer dry has meant many farmers are now focused on how they can increase pasture cover levels while still meeting cow condition score targets.
The summer dry has resulted this autumn in less-than-ideal quantities of grass being available to cows.
About this time of the year, we always seem to get calls from merchants and farmers asking several versions of the same question: “Is it too late to plant maize silage in November?”
Many regions are experiencing an early spring. The collective sigh of relief is almost audible as we exit a winter and spring very different from last season.
Over the last three years, pressure has increased on dairy farmers to produce food with a low environmental footprint.
The impacts of a wet winter are clearly evident as I drive around the countryside. In fact, I have never seen the level of damage on farm after winter as I am seeing now.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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