Get ready for Moving Day
Moving Day is a big day in the farming calendar and requires good planning and communication to ensure success.
Drench resistance is common.
It is increasing in all drench families (and combinations) and poses a real risk to the viability of livestock farming. The balance of reducing the risk of drench resistance, while still managing worms (internal parasites) so production and animal welfare do not suffer involves compromise.
The risk of drench resistance development can be evaluated and steps taken to minimise it:
Drenching should be just one small part of a parasite management plan.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) director general Ray Smith says job cuts announced this morning will not impact the way the Ministry is organised or merge business units.
Scales Corporation is acquiring a number of orchard assets from Bostock Group.
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