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Going Ballistic
A spring forage mix of plantain and clover will boost spring production, help fill in pugged or sparse pastures and lift N fixing rates. By Jackie Harrigan.
New rhizobium strains for white clover
Forage technologies are providing environmental solutions for farmers, writes John Caradus of Grasslanz.
Contract milking during a low milk price
Inevitable fluctuations of milk prices potentially bring stress to contract milking relationships. Paul Bird offers some help.
Pasture management in the wet
Most regions of New Zealand have experienced significantly more rainfall this season than usual, and much more than was predicted. By Claire Ashton.
Contract Milking SIDE Workshop
Contract milkers, farm owners and farm advisers gave their advice at a workshop on contract milking at this year’s South Island Dairy Event. By Anne Lee.
Clock ticking on agrichemicals
European Union rules on a range of agrichemicals used in New Zealand farming are set to expire by 2030. By Elaine Fisher.
Maize on the move
Maize is an important crop for supplements across the country despite challenges of floods and climate change shifting regions and bringing new crops. By Delwyn Dickey.
Tension ahead over contracts
Tumbling milk prices and rising costs may lead to strife between farm owners and their contract milkers, Anne Lee reports.
A plan with pink hearts
A target of 50/50 sharemilking in five years features in the plans of a young migrant couple, contract milking in Southland. By Anne Lee. Photos by Edwin Mabonga.
Taking Dipton to carbon neutrality
Dipton’s catchment group has looked at possible ways to reduce farm greenhouse gas emissions, questioned existing farm practices, and helped gain more knowledge about carbon sequestration. By Anne Lee.
Unloading the weight
A Southland-based farmers’ group is tackling farming challenges within the region’s catchments. Anne Lee reports.
Learning to love the rules
Compliance may be seen as a bugbear by many farmers, but world markets are set to demand more. By Phil Edmonds
Progression through the system
A Hawke’s Bay couple have built an extensive dairy operation, planted thousands of trees and taken out the region’s top environmental award. By Jackie Harrigan.
Collaring a big change
Introduction of cow collars has brought a complete system change for John Milne.
Is your calf sick?
Manawatu vet Lisa Whitfield outlines the ways to check whether your calves are sick.