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Reducing stress on in-lamb ewes

Most of the ewes that make up the New Zealand ewe flock are high performance animals, many of them sitting on a metabolic knife-edge as they get closer to lambing, says Ben Allot, North Canterbury Vets.

Multi-prong attack in combatting worms

Changes in a farm’s land use or policies which result in it having mostly young livestock could be disastrous in promoting the development of drench resistance.

Pushback on disease affecting brassica crops

Professors Martin Barbetti and Surinder Banga with brassica crops.

A team led by Punjab Agricultural University, India, with researchers from The University of Western Australia, reports a breakthrough in disease resistance in brassica crops.

Catch crops' bottom-line and environmental benefits

Catch crops can be used to mop up excess nutrients following winter grazing.

Catch crops could rise in importance in crop rotations, particularly as the regulatory spotlight lights up the environmental impact of winter feed crops.

Hawke’s Bay shepherd seizes his opportunities

While not originally from a farm, Chris Hursthouse has carved out a rewarding career in the agriculture industry.

Chris Hursthouse (22) is proof you don’t have to grow up on a farm to succeed in farming.

Clearer understanding of water needed

OPINION: New Zealanders like their rivers to be clear, to be able to see through the water to the bottom — but this is not always possible.

For the world’s sake – get it right

OPINION: ‘Policy on the fly’ has never been a good option and our Government appears to be combining this with ideology at the forefront and common sense trailing behind.

We are not quislings or sellouts

Andrew Morrison, chair of Beef + Lamb NZ (left) and Jim van der Poel, chair of DairyNZ.

OPINION: The suggestion that groups such as DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb NZ are selling the sector out over agricultural emissions is way off the mark and fails to grasp the complexity of the issue.