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Pioneer forage specialist Ian Williams on the many benefits of feed pads.

A free cab kit is on offer to buyers of Honda’s Pioneer 700-2P side by side, on show at Fieldays.

The long summer dry has meant many farmers are now focused on how they can increase pasture cover levels while still meeting cow condition score targets.

The summer dry has resulted this autumn in less-than-ideal quantities of grass being available to cows.

The predicted dry patch, which in November seemed impossible to envisage, has arrived.

About this time of the year, we always seem to get calls from merchants and farmers asking several versions of the same question: “Is it too late to plant maize silage in November?” 

Many regions are experiencing an early spring. The collective sigh of relief is almost audible as we exit a winter and spring very different from last season.  

Last month saw the annual release of the DairyNZ Economic Farm Survey and the NZ Dairy Statistics.

Over the last three years, pressure has increased on dairy farmers to produce food with a low environmental footprint.

The impacts of a wet winter are clearly evident as I drive around the countryside. In fact, I have never seen the level of damage on farm after winter as I am seeing now.