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Revamped design makes pasture management a walk in the paddock
Rising plate meters are not exactly new to many New Zealand dairy farmers. They are a valuable and widely adopted tool for calculating how much pasture is on your farm so you can plan your feed breaks and rotations effectively, and forecast your feed budget accurately.
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Pasture & Cropping
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Capturing pasture potential with Shogun
Shogun tetraploid 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 (FVI) for the 12-month forage type.
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Barkant summer turnips yield top results
Tankard type summer turnips are popular as a milking feed due to their exceptional yield potential from a single graze. With good leaf to bulb ratio, both leaf and bulb are high quality feed.
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Kaipara farmers optimise spring inputs with TSR support
Spring’s arrival will see Kaipara farmers getting on with planning and making sure they’re on track to reach their productivity goals. It’s a busy time of year and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by choice when making decisions, particularly around pasture and cropping.
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A farmer-friendly index for five-star performance
An index to help farmers choose the best-performing grasses for their dairying region has been developed by DairyNZ in conjunction with the New Zealand Plant Breeders Research Association (NZPBRA).
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Proven, productive and persistent ryegrass
High performing farming systems need backing by a high performing perennial ryegrass.
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Making the most of late planting
A wet spring can put pressure on farmers when forage crops are late going into the ground.
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Helping Bay of Plenty farmers drive productivity this spring
Winter in the Bay of Plenty has been a tough one for farmers and townies alike. Floods and cyclones gave the region a real hammering and many in the community are still recovering from the impact.
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Robbos fodder beet key to efficient wintering at Murchison
Finding the right balance between stocking rate, cow performance and feed resources – not to mention finances – is not always easy. And when you only have 74ha to work with, efficient land use is a must.
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Understanding your options: Best practice management for brassicas
Summer and winter forage brassica crops are widely grown in New Zealand to supplement pastures. About 300,000 hectares (ha) are grown each year, making forage brassicas the largest annual crop type in New Zealand.
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Soverign kale continues providing flexible quality feed
When looking for a solid, traditional wintering system for dairy cows that was both cost-effective and suited their farming system, Mid Canterbury dairy farmers Chris and Amanda Atkinson turned to Sovereign kale.
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Top level ryegrass makes its mark
One of New Zealand’s most thoroughly tested perennial ryegrass cultivars is also among the very best performers in a long-running trial programme comparing dozens of different varieties side by side throughout the country.
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Making the most of your silage this spring
The difference between good and poor quality pasture silage is vast, and it comes down to two main factors – the quality of the material ensiled, and the ensiling process itself.
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Local knowledge helps Waikato farmers get the best from their spring inputs
Spring on-farm means all hands on deck. Throughout the Waikato, farmers are making key productivity decisions and weighing up options on everything from pasture, calving and cropping to agrichemicals and supplementary feed.
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Three steps to successfully growing fodder beet
The key to growing fodder beet is planning and avoiding short-cuts. Small changes in crop management can result in big increases in yield and profitability of the crop. Growing fodder beet well can be broken down into three simple steps.
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