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Fast track to success
A training programme designed to give university graduates from an appropriate background a boost on progression towards farm management has proved a success. Anne Lee reports.
Calves arrive earlier
Nationwide, cows’ gestation length is getting shorter. By Karen Trebilcock.
Mating later but calving on the same date
The cows at the Southern Dairy Hub have dropped their calves earlier than expected. By Louise Cook.
Adapting to compost
Composting barns allowed Murray and Gaye Coates to quit winter crops and reduce soil damage, potential phosphate loss from mud and nitrogen leaching on their West Coast farm. By Anne Hardie.
