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Suffolk, UK-based Richard Western Trailers has over 50 years' experience building high-end trailers, manure spreaders, chaser bins, drill fillers and vacuum tankers.
The Flexi feeder system is a robust, no nonsense trough system that can be incorporated into feed pads, but is more commonly used in-field, where it can cater to all livestock types including cattle, sheep, deer, pigs and horses.
Harris Farming at Kaihere, on the edge of the Hauraki Plains, covers 120ha, with a further 50ha leased nearby.
Shelter is one of the first considerations when contemplating the purchase of a doe, according to the New Zealand Dairy Goat Breeders Association.
New Zealand's dairy goat industry has the potential to deliver $480 million in economic contribution by 2024.
The Australian dairy goat industry is relatively small, but there is an increasing consumer demand for healthy and exotic dairy products.
Worms are probably the biggest health problem for goat farmers.
Sheep milk producer Spring Sheep has roped in actress Antonia Prebble to market its new premium Gentle Sheep Toddler Milk Drink.
Stock expansion and management tweaks are on the cards for a couple of Waikato dairy sheep farmers coming to the end of their milking season.
CRV New Zealand says its latest bull team offers more than just high index.
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CRV is encouraging dairy farmers to carefully consider the bulls they select for mating this season to help them address ongoing herd health issues like mastitis and reduce the need for antibiotics.
In a region increasingly prone to drought, being able to reduce the amount of water being used in your dairy shed by 50% is a massive win.
From time to time, I get calls from anxious growers who, for whatever reason, have been unable to sell all their maize.
Waikato farmer Johan van Ras says his family was shocked to win the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards supreme award this month.
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