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What cattle traits are most important to New Zealand farmers?

… Dr Jason Archer, B+LNZ Genetics’ Livestock Specialist and Sam Harburg, consultant … as highest priority by farmers and how the survey findings will inform the development of … programme recently released the findings of a survey into what cattle traits were important …
Industry data

Lamb Crop Report 2024

… lamb numbers current season lnzs lamb crop survey data available one year earlier than … smaller than last year predicted lnz june stock number survey because reduction breeding … island impacted lamb survival careful livestock management farmers meant less overall …
News

Navigating tough financial times

Prioritising essential expenses and running a ruler over every item of farm expenditure are just two strategies that could be adopted as farmers navigate what is shaping up to be a financially …
15 December 2023
Resource book

Extreme Dry Management toolkit

… 7 illthrift 7 adequate feed calculating stock feed requirements calculating potential intake feed livestock nutrient requirements ndf protein … sell stock rather than buying feed grazingoff survey showed 65 above average farmers sold …
Resource book

Creating FarmSalus: an assessment tool for farmer wellbeing

… variable weather conditions sudden change stock prices farming businesses well used … whānau while also providing means investment stock environment capital investments … performance indicators lnz economic services survey⁴ overall necessity type detailed …
Resource book

Lucerne book – summary papers for establishing and managing lucerne

… lucerne can plan start season predict our stocking rate much better than can dryland … average 310 over two years along predictable stocking rate approximately 10 ewesha means … dryland lucerne provided opportunity reduce stocking rate other pastures improve …
Factsheet

Strategies used by farmers in drought

… winter 2015 had exhausted supplementary feed stocks bert began writing action plan august … strong cow prices march 2017 remove class stock would have struggled dry conditions … protect performance future breeding stock bert john wintered 1500 hoggets 140 …
Factsheet

Feed management checklist for farmers

… farmers consider get accurate tally how much stock you wish have processed when talk your … advisor can assist whats feed situation stocktake pasture cover plus available … feed deficit what options ewes cows finishing stock trading stock young stock options could …
External resource

Poplars and willows as fodder

… new zealand provide fodder feed livestock trees being pruned intervals three four … some farmers using resource feed source stock while other farmers ignoring fodder … growing more can used regular suppliers stock fodder mature trees capable sustaining …
Factsheet

TOP Bennetts

… hearings forums public records focus groups surveys etc gauge public opinion sort out … state legislators used expectations develop survey instrument which distributed 1200 … case study social network analysis survey see salant dillman 1994 key informant …