Advice

Taking control with easy ordering

28 May 2020

The Greensill Puniho Road Farm is a 90ha dairy farm, with 260 cows producing 450kg of milk solids on a pasture-only diet. Loren Greensill takes us through her approach to nutrient management.   

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Advice

Winter Maintenance important for quality and persistence of Lucerne

26 May 2020

Lucerne is a high-quality feed that can be grazed, cut for baleage/silage or taken as hay several times over the season. With its deep root system, it has proven itself as a more drought tolerant feed source in the drier regions of New Zealand.  

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The Experts

Nitrogen and pasture recovery webinar

25 May 2020

Mike Manning, GM Innovation and Strategy, and Dr Ants Roberts, Chief Scientific Officer, recently joined New Zealand Young Farmer members to discuss nitrogen and it’s role in helping your pastures recover from drought. This is the first in a series of webinars hosted by Young Farmers and supported by Ravensdown. The next will feature the HawkEye team discussing how this innovative software can help you with your environmental planning. Check out the details below the video

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The Experts

Regenerative Agriculture: insight or soundbite?

25 May 2020

The espoused benefits of ‘regenerative agriculture’ have captured headlines recently. Proponents argue that climate, soil health, waterways and food nutrition can all be improved by taking a regenerative approach. That’s quite a list for a cure-all.

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