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    Velvetleaf Ute Guide

    Velvetleaf Ute Guide …
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    David and Jo Grigg and Derrick Moot - The sub clover farming system

    David and Jo Grigg and Derrick Moot - The sub clover farming system …

  • Grazeable shrubs for hill country

    … sheep and cattle that thrives on steep, erosion-prone, north-facing hill country. Tagasaste is suitable for both the dry shady slopes and sunny slopes, and the six-week lag time between production from the two aspects means there is the … Key results Nutrition from tagasaste Trees in Hawke’s Bay produced ~2.7 edible dry matter per tree per year with lowest production in autumn. The amount of metabolisable energy was 9.4 – 10.7 Mj/kg DM … is $165,000 over the duration of the project. Year 1 and 2 (2018/19 and 2019/20) involved the establishment and management of tagasaste, sowing companion plants within the tagasaste-pasture systems and monitoring of tagasaste-pasture …
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    Economic Evaluation of Stock Water Reticulation on Hill Country report

    Economic Evaluation of Stock Water Reticulation on Hill Country report …
  • News

    Avoiding pneumonia at a high-risk time of the year

    Avoiding pneumonia at a high-risk time of the year …
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  • Podcast

    Breakfeed: Sarah Barr, Coach Approach Rural

    Breakfeed: Sarah Barr, Coach Approach Rural …
    Sarah Barr
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    During winter

    … grazing: Plan early. When choosing paddocks for next year’s winter feed crop, think about how you can improve your management of critical source areas and waterways. Careful management is needed when winter grazing on steep slopes to reduce environmental losses. Exclude stock from waterways. … behaviours  (note: deer might need alternative grazing management). Place portable troughs and supplementary feed in a dry part of the paddock well away from any waterways or critical source areas. Look after your stock. Provide loafing …
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    Worm life cycle

    … easier it is to mitigate the harm they cause. Here we look at the stages of the worm life cycle – there are ways our management can interrupt this cycle to reduce worm challenge to susceptible stock.  … Animals eat worm larvae with … Ideal conditions for larval development Moisture is a must. The right amount of warmth (20–25C). If it gets too hot and dry, eggs and developing larvae die. In the cold, the process slows down to as long as 10 weeks.  … L3 – the infective … health to learn more. L3 are hardy, and spend anywhere from 2 to 8 months hanging out in water droplets on pasture Hot dry weather kills them sooner; cool moist conditions help them survive.   Eaten with pasture, L3’s go through one more …
  • News

    B+LNZ says low-slope map for stock exclusion still not fit for purpose

    B+LNZ says low-slope map for stock exclusion still not fit for purpose …
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    Beef Levies For Dairy Farmers

    Beef Levies For Dairy Farmers …