Search results

… policies set up different levels of risk – both for worm challenge, and for drench resistance. We also highlight some management ideas and risk mitigations. … Good nutrition is #1  No matter what systems are in place on a farm, very good …

… across animal health, productivity and genetics, environmental health and mitigations (greenhouse gas) and landscape management. The successful delivery of research programmes is ensured by working with internal and external stakeholders.  …

… Environment Canterbury Intensive Winter Grazing Homepage Information on IWG,  creating a IWG management plan, deemed permitted activities, applying for a resource consent, ECan's complaince approach, good management practices for IWG, and advice on where to find further information. Email: winter.grazing@ecan.govt.nz or phone …

… awards The Ballance Farm Environment Awards recognise and celebrate good farm practices which promote sustainable land management through an annual awards programme run in 11 regions throughout New Zealand. All entrants go through a judging …

… workshops over a six-month period with the following objectives: Understand the farm business – financial basics and management. Personal Development, goal setting, leadership basics and mentors. Develop better decision-making skills for …

It’s important to work with your staff to set a plan to reach specific goals and meet targets. … Below are some resources to help with your staff planning. Staff Planning (PDF, 1.73MB) Business Planning Learning Module Business Plan example  (PDF, 85.2KB) Editable Business Plan template (PDF, 82KB) DairyNZ provides information on career planning . … Goals and …

The aim of this project was to develop an udder scoring system associated with udder health, lamb survival and lamb growth rates and can accurately be used by farmers. … To do this, the following was investigated: recognise and describe the range of udder and teat defects found in commercially-farmed ewes factors associated with clinical and subclinical mastitis in ewes the impact of udder and teat defects and udder health on lamb survival and pre-weaning live weight gain. Background Lambing …

If only we didn’t have to collect poo, but we do!!! Faecal egg counts can be done on individual samples or on a bulk sample (composite samples). Learn about when you might use one or the other. … A faecal egg count (FEC) is a measure of the number of egg-laying adult worms in an animal’s gut. It mostly doesn’t show what species of worms are there.   Faecal egg counts can be used to help assess:  Whether sick sheep or young cattle are sick because of worms. How quickly young animals are becoming …