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Farm Safety Management System - Maintenance Register

Farm Safety Management System - Maintenance Register …
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Annual legumes enhance animal production from summer dry pastures

Annual legumes enhance animal production from summer dry pastures …
Waimatuku Catchment Group Catchment Group

… is home to a peatland of regional significance, Bayswater Bog. It is one of the largest remains of native vegetation on the Southland Plains and is thought to be around 20,000 years old. Bayswater Bog provides a habitat for unique New Zealand species, including carnivorous sundews, swamp sun orchids and a population of native skinks. … – a popular fishing spot. The catchment is long and narrow in shape with predominately sheep, beef and dairy farming on flat and artificially drained land. Catchment Group Goals - Increase community involvement in the water quality …
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People and equipment

… can be readily brought onto and spread around your farm by visitors, their vehicles or via equipment that has been used on other farms or at sale yards. … Recommended practices Keep the farm, yards and storage areas clean, tidy and free of … restrict uncontrolled access to the rest of the farm. Define and, where appropriate, signpost ‘permitted access areas’ for farm visitors (e.g. veterinarians, livestock agents, feed and fencing contractors, shearers) and delivery and pick-up … arrival and before departure. Consider including a farm visitor register that records who has visited, purpose of the visit and where on the farm they visited. Ensure appropriate signage is available to inform visitors of your biosecurity …
Learning module

Principles of feeding: From weaning to mating (sheep)

Principles of feeding: From weaning to mating (sheep) …
News

B+LNZ says RMA reform needed but proposed Bills need to be reworked

B+LNZ says RMA reform needed but proposed Bills need to be reworked …
21 February 2023
PRISYM model trial

… risk of drench resistance. This initiative aims to provide farmers with a strategic tool to enhance parasite management on their farms. We’ll analyse how the PRISYM model can simulate the effects of drench resistance within farm systems. If successful, this model could offer farmers a strategic tool for evaluating different parasite management strategies. Focus areas Base Farm Model: Assume no existing parasite … Enhanced management tools: Gain access to advanced modelling tools to better understand and manage parasite challenges on your farm. Strategic planning: Use insights from the model to make informed decisions about parasite management and …
Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme

… Beef + Lamb New Zealand is a partner in the M. bovis eradication programme alongside the Ministry for Primary Industries and DairyNZ. … Disease management agency OSPRI took over managing the day-to-day delivery of the … While the eradication effort is progressing well, extensive background surveillance (testing) will continue for several years to ensure New Zealand remains free of M. bovis. It is hoped that NZ can officially declare freedom from … movement recording, and to ensure the health history of any stock coming onto their farm. For more information, please visit the OSPRI website . … Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme …
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Spring eczema or delayed facial eczema?

Spring eczema or delayed facial eczema? …
Wairarapa finishing farm triple drench resistance case study

… Intensive finishing and hogget grazing systems are at high risk of developing triple drench resistance, as are areas on farm predominately utilised for grazing young stock. There is an opportunity to better understand drench resistance on farm. This project harnessed the power of relationships between a group of Wairarapa breeding and finishing properties, …