Displaying items by tag: pasture

Tuesday, 21 July 2015 12:26

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.

Published in Management
Saturday, 11 July 2015 06:00

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.

Published in Management
Tuesday, 30 June 2015 16:04

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.

Published in Management
Sunday, 31 May 2015 16:00

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.

Published in Farm Health

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.

Published in Farm Health

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.

Published in Farm Health

Aussie dairy farmers have long been interested in how their trans-Tasman neighbours produce milk. 

Published in Management
Thursday, 16 April 2015 10:28

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.

Published in Farm Health

Farmers are being urged to exercise caution when transitioning cows from pasture to brassicas and fodder beet.

Published in Farm Health
Tuesday, 24 March 2015 00:00

Patience needed with dry pastures

Don't be tempted to give stock a “pick” at parched pastures as soon as they green-up after rain.

Published in Management
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