Displaying items by tag: pasture
Weeks of frost takes toll on pasture cover
Weeks of frost have knocked pasture cover on Lincoln University’s Dairy Farm and the South Canterbury Tactics for Tight Times (TTT) focus farm is no different.
PKE, pasture picked to come out tops
Leaders of a three-year trial into the relative profitability of palm kernel expresser (PKE), cropping or pasture-only systems think a system using pasture and PKE should bring the most returns.
Protect wet pasture, keep waterways clean
So-called sacrifice paddocks are a last resort option for protecting wet pasture from the effects of stock trampling in winter.
The great Kiwi earthworm survey
AgResearch scientists want farmer help to better understand the distribution of one of the little known heroes of New Zealand agricultural production.
Natural insecticide to fight black beetle closer to fruition
A product containing a natural insecticide to fight one of New Zealand’s worst farm insect pests is a step closer following several years of research and trials by AgResearch.
Pasture winner sees cover as key to success
Vastly improving a poorly performing paddock led to Waiuku farmer Robert Garshaw winning the first-year pasture category of DairyNZ’s Pasture Renewal Persistence competition.
Making NZ grass system work on the ‘western side’
Limited pasture requires precision management
Western Australian dairy farmers Ruth and Ian McGregor can only rely on pasture for five months of the season on their Chapman Hill farm, near Busselton, so each blade grown must be maximised.
Take care shifting cows from pasture to brassicas
Farmers are being urged to exercise caution when transitioning cows from pasture to brassicas and fodder beet.