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IT’S A day-on, day-off working week for New Zealand’s best ever artificial breeding bull Howies Checkpoint. Farmers are lining up to use the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ bull in the upcoming dairy mating season, but LIC says it has to make sure he doesn’t get worn out.
EFFICIENT, ACCURATE blending of stock feed mixes is a certainty at International Nutritionals Limited, near Tauranga, thanks to the company’s new automated blender.
WHEN MANY farms are resorting to immigrant labour to solve staffing issues, Mid Canterbury contract milker Shane Edwards is taking a different tack with an all-homegrown policy.
GETTING PASTURE and feed management right after calving was an essential part of a successful mating, Phillipa Hedley, DairyNZ business developer, told farmers at a field day held on Alistair and Lynn Candy’s Northland monitor farm in Okaihau on September 25.
A FAIR degree of skepticism remains in the dairy industry about once-a-day milking (OAD), says an expert promoter of the concept, Professor Colin Holmes.
WAIRARAPA ONCE-A-DAY (OAD) dairy farmer Leo Vollebregt is planning to expand his operation six years after going OAD. Vollebregt told this to a recent OAD DairyNZ discussion group on his farm.
THE SUBARU 2013 symmetrical all-wheel-drive Legacy and Outback models go on sale this month. The new models boast fuel economy improvements for the 2.5-litre models and the introduction of Subaru’s ‘EyeSight’ safety technology.
PREPARATION FOR Whangarei’s A&P Annual Summer Show has begun. Entries are now open for all livestock and equestrian classes, and bookings are being taken for trade sites. Information, schedules and entry forms are available on line at www.summershow.co.nz
The High Court's quashing of a conviction for accessing a computer for dishonest purposes, highlights the importance of sticking to Federated Farmers' Herd Owning Sharemilking Agreement.
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Director candidates for the 2012 Fonterra elections will be announced on Tuesday, October 23.
There was evidence at Temuka on Monday of the season for last year's lambs coming a close with a small offering of 650 of mainly small lines of mixed quality and condition.
With cattle keeping on top of feed, demand has been flat in the North Island. Store prices in the paddock have eased slightly although good quality cattle continue to sell well.
Despite a softening in the NZ dollar in recent days, export beef slaughter prices are still being hammered at the expense of the exchange rate.
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