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Aerator helps repair pugged paddocks

The Alstrong Aerator enables farmers and contractors to get better pasture growth by aerating the upper levels of paddocks, says the national distributor, the Duncan division of Giltrap Engineering.

Published in Machinery & Products

Hill country's development risks and opportunities

The project has found that farmers are increasingly using hill country forage crops and pastures to finish stock and that the increased erosion risk is being partly mitigated by farming practices.

Sheep and beef farmers are increasingly finishing stock on hill country forage crops and pastures, with a resultant drop in erosion risk.

Published in Management

Time to plan for PKE restrictions

I was intrigued earlier this year when Fonterra said milk production was only down 1%.

Published in Management

Raising dairy industry’s next sires

Peninsula Farm team Daryl Parker and Jordan Ratina.

At the back of Raglan Harbour, on the West Coast Peninsula, lies an influential New Zealand farm.

Published in Farm Health

Protect calves from Mycoplasma bovis

Calves can get M. bovis by drinking contaminated milk.

Follow these tips and advice to reduce the risk of your calves contracting Mycoplasma bovis this season.

Published in Management

Dairy farmer’s passion for goats

Goat industry pioneer John Woodward shearing his son’s Michael’s angora goats at Dunsandel, Canterbury.

Dunsandel farmer Michael Woodward may be Federated Farmers North Canterbury dairy chairman but his real passion is the angora goats he inherited from his father John.

Published in Management

Stock cartage rates likely to rise

Additional biosecurity precautions are putting pressure on trucking costs, according to the RTF.

Farmers will not get stock moved if trucking companies do not get better freight rates, according to the Road Transport Forum (RTF).

Published in General News

Blazing the trail for OAD Jerseys

Converting a sheep and beef farm to dairy and going once-a-day milking has proven good decision-making by Jersey breeders Matthew and Emma Darke of Aria, Waikato.

Published in Management

Software delivers profit

A Northland dairy farmer says using farm management software is helping him drive profitability.

Published in Management

10 steps to reducing your environmental impact

Want to earn or save a dollar while also reducing your impact on the environment? DairyNZ’s sustainability team shares 10 steps that will cost you little or nothing.

Published in General News