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Ken Wilson started out on the family farm, but a love of machinery drew him to contracting, initially with a bulldozer on the slopes above Colyton, Manawatu.
Kubota, well known for its smaller lifestyle tractors and farm units to 100hp, about a year ago announced it would build a range of higher powered models.
Quality silage is a stable feed made from quality pasture preserved in the absence of oxygen by quality fermentation to minimise any loss of feeding value, says DairyNZ.
Most losses that occur when you make silage are invisible – as high as 40% of the original cut pasture, says DairyNZ.
Fodder and sugar beets are shaping up to be the next big thing in grazing management, with the high yield, low cost option expected to take off in Australia as it has in New Zealand.
Investigations into methane at Ellinbank Research Farm, Victoria, Australia, have uncovered surprising and unexpected outcomes for milk production and animal health.
This season many sharemilkers are questioning their decision to go dairy farming, but Northland sharemilker Gavin Hogarth has tried different career options and smaller herd farming is the one that suits him best.
Weather forecasters are predicting an El Nino weather pattern this season which could be the strongest yet, resulting in a drought similar to the 1972-73, 1982-83 and 1997-98 events.
An ongoing trial of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies in forage brassica crops is showing positive signs, says the insecticide maker DuPont.
A new dairy grazing site near Taupo will be focused on heifers, says the owner, Wairakei Pastoral Ltd.
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New Zealand's shift from a pasture-based model to high feed-input dairy farms will come under the microscope in a joint research project.
DeLaval had appointed a new regional head.
The development of 10 to 20 more popular health-orientated products such as Fonterra's Anlene would make New Zealand a rich country again, a 'New New Zealand Forum' in Auckland heard this month.
Fonterra advice on using palm kernel extract (PKE) has caused a stir amongst farmers throughout the country.
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