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New modelling steers towards better N responses

PASTURE RESPONSE to nitrogen fertiliser will this spring be predictable more accurately by a new computer model unveiled by Ballance Agri-Nutrients.

DIY N tests – cheap and quick

HOW GOOD would it be to get readings on nitrogen availability in paddocks without having to send samples away for analysis and for a fraction of the cost?

Fodder beet is New Zealand’s wheat. That’s how Dr Jim Gibbs, a leading researcher from Lincoln University describes the fodder crop which is rapidly gaining popularity among dairy, beef and deer farmers, so much so ‘fodder beet clubs’ are being set up to get best value from the crop.

Another nail for neonicotinoids?

USE OF neonicotinoid insecticides, such as those used in seed treatments Gaucho and Poncho, has been dealt another blow by researchers in the Netherlands.

Genome project flags higher production

SEQUENCING THE genomes of 234 bulls whose descendants number tens of millions can enable breeding schemes to reduce or eliminate hereditary diseases and produce milk and beef more efficiently.

New home needed for rare sheep

RETIRED FARMER David Tuart is looking for a place to keep and graze his flock of rare British sheep.

North American disease control plan backed

A DRAFT plan to allow North America to cope with an outbreak of, say, foot-and-mouth disease, without shutting down the continent’s cattle trade has won US backing from the National Milk Producers Federation.

Taking the risk out of machine wash

AN AWARD-WINNING electronic sensor system will make dairy plant washing much less risky say its inventors.

Canadian drill ticks many boxes

SOUTH CANTERBURY farmer Norm Styles prefers to employ horsepower to manpower, an approach which saw him buy one of the biggest seed drills in the country earlier this year.