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Lifting deer productivity
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Contents 66 BOUNDARIES Richard an
FACTS The outlook on beef prices.
WELCOME | editor’s note Careful managers on t
BOUNDARIES | coastal lamb SEASONAL
The best form of defence is Attack
BOUNDARIES | herefords An era to remember Sher
Schools challenged Sandra Taylor It was a di
BOUNDARIES | book reVieW Into the soul of Otag
BOUNDARIES | hunting
BOUNDARIES | ploughing Cup ‘out the back’ Andr
HOME BLOCK | column Phil Taylor – feeling
HOME BLOCK | column Tracing the past peter
HOME BLOCK | column Sheep don’t give a toss T
surprise at the rear end of far too many ewes. I
HOME BLOCK | column School hub of the communit
Soil science If some scientific results are pu
HOME BLOCK | student City boy takes up agricultur
You never stop striving for better results
NOTEBOOK Worth a visit The Plant Science dep
FACTS High prices around a while yet Nick Hand
HOME BLOCK | local legend When the sky falls M
once a month and tries to keep his mind occupied
LOCAL LEGEND | traVel profit in farm shops Jame
BUSINESS | otago The federation argues the best
authorities within the Otago region have expresse
Erosion on the Waituna Stream, th
BUSINESS | aWard Striking a balance Lynda Gray
This fenced pond includes the limestone remains o
1FIN.ANCE FROM 95%* The instruction to our sales
Call for more study James is one of many Otag
BUSINESS | niWa Calculating climate change
BUSINESS | climate Trust to appeal court ruling
Niwa for revision would be written in a scientific
NIWA waits on appeal A Niwa spokesman told Co
BUSINESS | pgp funding Fertiliser project gets
BUSINESS | pgp Commercial value protected
B ❘ YOUNG COUNTRY ❘ NOVEMBER - Close watch
BUSINESS | merino meat premium contract Joanna
The three-year supply contract is full. Photo: Sa
BUSINESS | silere Silere flavours popular with c
BUSINESS | beef branding It’s all under the sk
➡ 47 work goes mostly unrewarded. So what m
Connect Without Compromise. Whether you're on
LIvESTOCK | crossbreeding CRUNCH TIME by changi
Christchurch Albury ParkTimaru
Donald Mould has mixed genetics to lift both milk
Winter feed Another change Donald and Kate ha
LIvESTOCK | VelVet Stepping into industry role
Farm backs on to the Gwavas Forest which runs up
I WANT TO MAKE SURE NONE OF OUR HARD WORK IS WA
Crop utilisation of the kale and swede crop is hi
LIvESTOCK | young stock Lifting fawning rates
LIvESTOCK | succession Mentoring helps success
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LIvESTOCK | Quality feed Happy balance Anne Ca
Farm facts • Te Aroha Station • Pehiri, west of G
in total that can be cultivated. Each year, 5ha i
LIvESTOCK | stock Droughts make it tough W
Growth you can measure PROLAJECT - YOUR PROVEN
LIvESTOCK | maori trust Lambs lift profits 66
indicative of the period. Persisting with the gen
Home-bred and bought-in trading cattle make up
LIvESTOCK | drystock The north Wai
Table 1: Key financials for puketotara Station – J
LIvESTOCK | deVelopment Fencing replaced, upgr
LIvESTOCK | planning planning important La
LIvESTOCK | gene talk Simplifying selection
WHEN YOUR LAMBS AND EWES ARE VULNERABLE,
LIvESTOCK | finishing Lamb
whole system,” Davies said. “We all like to think
LIvESTOCK | indoor system Weather drives lambi
now running of the system, due to her extensive k
LIvESTOCK | hand-rearing Orphans given a hand
LIvESTOCK | animal health Dairy housing disqui
FORAGE | plantain pOTENTIAL IN pLANTAIN fa
research focused on the cultivar Tonic had been m
William and Karen Oliver have farmed Waereng
FORAGE | Winter finishing Grazing ‘double wham
➡ 85 If farmers wanted a mixed pasture, the
FORAGE | persistence New endophyte firmly roote
Cropmark trials at Darfield have shown the resilie
ARABLE | pests FAR say
ARABLE | seeding Kiwi drill draws attention
MACHINERY | paddock Work This is the ca
CHOICES Photo 1 also shows a machine with hel
1 Some models are better suited
5 6 7 8 9 10 Country-WideNovember
ENvIRONMENT | study CARBON FOOTpRINT SUR
Beef + Lamb chairman Mike Petersen says the study
ENvIRONMENT | trade ‘Measure it, manage it’
ENvIRONMENT | beef Beef emissions fall Pro
ENvIRONMENT | sustainability Looking good Ne
Soil slumping is an unsightly pain in the ne
➡ 101 from the nor’westerlies which could be go
Springdale’s fencing and plantings are aimed at p
ENvIRONMENT | eucalypts Stuck on gums FARM F
my eye – please, Paul, can I have some of them?
SCIENCE | coated fertiliser UREA FERT GETS SMAR
used zero application of urea, one of 25kg nitrog
TECHNOLOGY | systems Tidy office, tidy business J
TECHNOLOGY | priVacy private or public? Kristin M
COMMUNITY | business
pRIDE IN qUALITY Jane pulls another tray of the
COMMUNITY | kids’ World Orphan lambs Emma Grigg
COUNTRY-WIDE pHOTO COMpETITION Got some grunt
SOLUTIONS | drafter
SOLUTIONS | gadgets Two in one with a scanning sp
SOLUTIONS | innoVation Lean Kiwi grit Tru-
SOLUTIONS | machinery Boosting productivity N
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ESTATE Moerewa Station is one of Northland’s big
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ESTATE productive and aesthetic A freehold
ESTATE Okirae farm is
ESTATE Stunning Wanaka station Joanna Grigg
With lake and river frontage and a mountain backd
ESTATE Goat dairy a going concern An in-pr
ESTATE Finishing and breeding A stand-out 5
ESTATE Efforts plain to see A former Lands an
Omahanui has diversified from traditional sheep an
ESTATE A rare offering An 840ha, well-balance
ESTATE | snapshot Land growing minimal meat a
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