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Trees are an important part of pastoral-based farming systems.  … Benefits of plantings trees on farms: Help diversify your income by providing timber, carbon, and honey​. Provide windbreaks and shade for livestock help them grow faster​. Stock feed during droughts or shortages of feed​. Help soil retention on steep slopes, stop erosion. Improve the productivity of your land, especially areas that do not grow good pasture​. Provide landscape diversity and wildlife habitat, biodiversity​. Absorb …

This project aimed to understand how to better manage tagasaste (commonly known as tree lucerne) on-farm in the Hawkes’ Bay region and Taupō. … Field trials were carried out at three sites to assess the following: Seed germination and establishment of tagasaste. Forage production and nutritive value of tagasaste. Weed risk assessment for tagastaste. Production of grass and legume pasture species grown in pasture-tagasaste systems. Background There is huge potential growth for the sheep and beef …

It's important to ensure you get quality applicants and that you select the person best suited for the role.  … Below are some resources to help with recruitment and selection. Why is recruitment important (PDF 454.19KB) Handling job applications (PDF 203.41KB) Reviewing applications and interviewing (PDF 1.1MB) Selecting and appointing  (PDF 348.78KB) Example interview questions   (PDF 183.13KB) Checklist of things to consider before advertising  (PDF 293.72KB) B+LNZ AgInnovation 2018 …

Catch-crops increase the efficiency of the operation by retaining nitrogen in the root zone that farmers would otherwise have waved goodbye to. … Planting a catch crop is a way of reducing the risk of nitrate leaching after winter grazing, where there can be large amounts of residual soil nitrogen that is at risk of leaching. By planting another crop as soon as possible after your final grazing, you can capture those nutrients in the second crop and increase overall feed production from the …

Part of being a good employer is to ensure your staff have continuous improvement. … Below are some resources to help ensure you are continuously upskilling your staff. Manager's reports (PDF, 395 KB) Performance incentives (PDF, 355 KB) Performance management (PDF, 573 KB) Sheep Beef Deer Career Pathway – Primary ITO (PDF, 136 KB) FarmSmart 2017: Melonie Sheppard – getting the most from your staff DairyNZ useful resources on bringing new staff aboard: Farm accommodation Farm policies, …

Want to learn more about how to develop yourself and your staff? … Below are some resources to help your staff with learning and development. AgInnovation 2019: how to keep good staff – Carissa Fairbrother National webinar series: Grow your own people, grow your farm - part 1 National webinar series: Grow your own people, grow your farm - part 2 National webinar series: Grow your own people, grow your farm - part 3 National webinar series: Grow your own people, grow your farm - part 4 DairyNZ …

The aim of this project was to evaluate different ways of communication for their reach, impact and associated behaviour change. Parasite management is important for every livestock farmer and this topic was used to help evaluate five different communication methods.  … The project used: analytics to assess the reach of the material models to predict the impact of this parasite campaign online surveys taken by participants immediately after viewing the material online surveys taken by …

Previous research has shown that sowing a catch crop can reduce nitrate leaching losses by as much as 40%, as well as improving nitrogen use efficiency and farmers’ profitability. This project aimed to upscale this previous applied research into working winter crop rotations in Canterbury and Southland and adapt it to the various soil and climatic conditions. … Background The use of catch crops is recognised as a potential tool to help reduce farmers’ nitrate leaching losses but without good …