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… Contamination 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 … Recommended practices Keep the farm, yards and storage areas clean, tidy and free of vermin. Limit the unnecessary movement of people, pets and vehicles onto and around the property, especially … People and equipment …

… Pasture, supplementary feed and water can be contaminated with pests and diseases (including weeds) and introduce these onto your farm. … non-traditional feed such as low-grade surplus horticultural produce) on delivery for evidence of pests,damage and contaminants and manage appropriately. Remember that baleage and other supplementary crops represent a significant risk for the … Feed and water …

… It’s important to work with your staff to set a plan to reach specific goals and meet targets. … Goals and targets …

… 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) … Recruitment and selection …

… 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 … 3 National webinar series: Grow your own people, grow your farm - part 4 DairyNZ provides information about coaching and mentoring . … Learning and developing …

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… Crop types and worms … worm challenge? What if there’s lots of grass through my crop? Learn about worm challenge on different forage types, and approaches to managing worms and drench inputs while animals are grazing crops.  … quickly through their most vulnerable months.  That said, the level of worm challenge on crops can vary substantially and monitoring is very important to safely reduce drench use while grazing young stock on these.   Which crop is best?  … always possible to say which forage will be ‘best’ – ‘Whatever green, leafy high ME crop will grow in your environment and under your management’ – is a pretty good guide. On some farms, crops may not be the best choice and a mix of other …

… Dung – particularly in water – is bad news. Faecal bacteria and pathogens can cause disease in people. Faecal contamination is monitored using E. coli (Escherichia coli) as an … organism. E. coli is a type of bacteria commonly found in the guts of warm-blooded mammals (including people) and birds. … come from? Common sources of E. coli bacteria include untreated human wastewater discharges, storm water run-off and animal waste. Faecal concentrations are typically higher in pastoral streams, but even near-pristine streams are not …

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