Displaying items by tag: feed

Tuesday, 06 August 2013 13:42

Feed trailers raise efficiency, cut waste

PKE FEEDING out efficiency is raised and wastage reduced with a newly available range of feed trailers imported from the Philippines by Winton Stock Feed, Southland. The company makes them there in its own factory.

Published in Machinery & Products

The Federated Farmers Grain & Seed led feed operation, which will have shipped some 220,000 small bale equivalents from the South Island, may soon be approaching an end. With demand beginning to slow, Federated Farmers is concerned some farmers may be over-estimating pasture recovery following rain.

Published in General News
Friday, 22 February 2013 15:53

Weather, feed costs keep global milk supply tight

THE FONTERRA Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on February 5 shows a solid rise in the GDT Trade Weighted Index (TWI) which takes in the basket of our dairy products, up 2.4% from the previous auction.

Published in General News
Friday, 28 September 2012 16:04

Balance feed quantity and quality

OPTIMUM FEEDING is a balance between the quantity of available feed and the quality of that feed.

Published in Farm Health
Friday, 21 September 2012 13:31

ME still best descriptor

Metabolisable energy (ME) is still the best feed quality descriptor for New Zealand dairy farmers, says DairyNZ's principal scientist, Dr John Roche.

Published in General News
Thursday, 19 July 2012 11:53

Crunch number to plan crops

GET THE calculator out and don’t leave it to guesswork when planning winter feed crops for next year.

Published in Management
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 09:59

Big expansion for feed company

Animal nutrition specialist SealesWinslow is expanding its footprint with a multi-million dollar feedmill development in Wanganui.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 22 May 2012 09:55

Big expansion for feed company

Animal nutrition specialist SealesWinslow is expanding its footprint with a multi-million dollar feedmill development in Wanganui.

Published in General News
Thursday, 16 February 2012 10:12

Feed ordering goes online

FONTERRA FARMERS can now mix and order supplementary feed blends online through the co-op subsidiary RD1.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 09 November 2011 15:30

Quality feed and top breed cows deliver results

HIGH QUALITY feed, every feed, eaten by the best cows you can breed, to produce a top profit. Those are key principles on Alvin and Judith Reid’s home farm near Winchester, South Canterbury, as members of a new DairyNZ discussion group in the region learnt last week.

Published in Management
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