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Potential mineral deficiencies in pasture-based systems

Investing in pasture and feed analysis is the most accurate way to ascertain mineral and trace element levels in your herd’s diet.

Spring brings heavy demands for our dairy cows, with calving, peak milk, and successful mating all crucial milestones for a profitable season, and all in a climate that is becoming increasingly volatile each year.

Better mating performance helps protect profitability

Ensuring feed availability and supplementing nutritional deficiency gaps is critical to timely cycling.

While the recent payout announcement is not the news dairy farmers were hoping for, it’s an opportunity to review on farm performance with a specific focus on protecting your farm’s profitability.

New 'DIY' compliance initiative

Perrin Ag’s Carla Muller and Rachel Durie who are leading the project.

Perrin Ag says it is helping farmers get on top of regulation, making compliance easier and less costly by empowering them with the skills to assess their own farm compliance requirements at home.

UK tightens AN fert rules

Photo ID will be needed to buy ammonium nitrate (AN) fertilisers in the UK from October.

The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the UK’s agri-supply trade association representing UK fertiliser and agronomy companies, is raising concerns that farmers, growers and buying co-operatives must brace themselves for law changes that will require them to provide photo ID when purchasing ammonium nitrate (AN) fertilisers.

Don't make wholesale changes

Making any wholesale changes to the dairy farming system could end up having an overall detrimental effect, according to one academic.

Any farm system change should be farm by farm and not a wholesale change.

Feed safety practices recognised

Nutrinza has been awarded FeedSafeNZ accreditation for its custom blending manufacturing stores in Stratford and Marsden Point.

Animal feed nutrition and manufacturing company Nutrinza has been awarded FeedSafeNZ accreditation for its custom blending manufacturing stores in Stratford and Marsden Point, adding to an existing accreditation of its Mount Maunganui-based store.