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Keeping your K okay
Don’t let potassium-deficient soil limit your pastoral farm’s potential
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Pasture & Cropping
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Homegrown beet economical and efficient
Farmers are increasing the amount of feed they’re growing at home in response to rising input costs and international competition. Operating a system three dairy farm means minimising external inputs as much as possible and southern Manawatu sharemilker Richard McIntyre responded by replacing imported feeds with home-grown fodder beet.
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Smart science helps solve spring feed deficit
Spring is a demanding time on-farm and it also sets the scene for the following year’s milk solids (MS) production, particularly when it comes to dairy reproduction.
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Eliminate weeds, eliminate competition
Getting rid of problem weeds in brassica crops is essential to eliminate competition for water and nutrients and to enable your crop to thrive. A simple weed management system that does exactly this is the Cleancrop™ Brassica System - a seed and herbicide package that controls weeds at the time of sowing.
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Platemeters rise to the pasture measurement challenge
A challenging aspect of maximising your herd’s production is managing their access to quality feed. Only by monitoring how much grass you’ve had previously and comparing it with what’s available now, can you accurately predict your feed requirements.
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Spring start - getting it right is critical
Last issue, we looked at feed wedges and pasture management. This month we focus on the critical early spring period when average pasture cover (APC) at calving will determine how well cows are fed for the following two months. For most farms the APC target at calving is 2,200-2,400kg DM/ha but it will depend on calving rate and supplement use.
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Peak pasture for peak production
Good pasture management will help you transition successfully from winter and make the most of spring growth.
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Let VSA show you the way
A Visual Soil Assessment (VSA) can help you diagnose soil health issues and inform management practices that have long-term benefits for your land.
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It’s not too late to deal with weeds in new pasture
Removing broadleaf weeds soon after planting new grass and clover is one of the best things you can do to ensure autumn-sown pastures are ready to produce high dry matter (DM) yields by spring, when you need that feed to help get the next lactation off to a strong start.
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What’s your balance date target?
Achieving specific pasture cover targets is important for maximising profit from pasture. But when was the last time you checked that your pasture cover targets matched your stocking rate and rotation length in the critical spring period?
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Capturing the potential with Shogun
Shogun hybrid ryegrass has several outstanding performance characteristics, including record-breaking dry matter (DM) yield and a unique five-star rating in the DairyNZ Forage Value Index (in the 12 month forage type).
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Undersowing a useful Asset for Waikato diary farmers
It’s been nearly 10 years since Brad and Ellie Cockrell bought their 330 hectare dairy farm in Mercer, south of Pukekohe. They now milk 880 dairy cows and, for the past two years, have been realising the advantages of Asset AR37 Italian ryegrass.
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Making the most of autumn
With autumn underway, the focus is on getting the most out of this season while not compromising the performance of the next.
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Maize silage stacks up with the right inoculants
The maize silage harvest is fast approaching. Now is the time to ensure your management plan maximises maize silage quality and reduces storage and feed-out losses.
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Show your new pasture some love
Sowing new grass is always a critical job in autumn but this year, with so many farms affected by poor pasture growth, getting new grass off to the best possible start is even more important than usual.
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