Displaying items by tag: feed
Opportunities to lift herd health
Are your cows getting enough calcium?
How’s your farm’s food conversion efficiency?
Food Conversion Efficiency is often misunderstood and overlooked, despite its role in profitability.
Planning prevents poor maize
The predicted dry patch, which in November seemed impossible to envisage, has arrived.
Contractor lands zoo feed deal
Manawatu agricultural contractor Mike Hancock is helping to feed some of the world’s most stunning and endangered animals.
Too late to plant maize silage?
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?”
Minimising losses while making silage
Most losses that occur when you make silage are invisible, but they can be up to 40% of the original cut pasture.
High-quality in, high-quality out
High-quality silage is a stable feed made from high-quality pasture.
Pickle it now, don’t let it rot
Making high-quality pasture silage should not be difficult, but it must be viewed as a supplementary feed, rather than just a necessity to manage pasture.
The art of making silage
Making silage is a balance: when a paddock is closed, yield increases but quality declines.
Maintaining nutrition as pasture quality drops
At this stage of the season, levels of Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF) rise very rapidly in typical NZ pastures as ryegrass starts to form seed head.