Innovation, Best Practice and Sustainability in New Zealand’s Primary Sector
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The benefits of robotic milking for a dairy farming couple.
Evaluating the impacts of deferred grazing on hill country pastures.
Dragon fruit varieties developed for growing international markets.
Mike Glazebrook isgrass- finishing Wagyu Cattle for Firstlight Foods
Identifying the best approach to controlling this common pasture weed pest
A collaborative effort to bring an ongoing supply of water to the Awatere Valley
The challenges of farming on an island for a Maori Trust
Updating work underway two years after Psa affected the New Zealand kiwifruit industry
A dairy business being with with a focus on efficient water use and effluent management
An educational campaign by industry body DairyNZ about effluent pond management
Ian Schultz runs a 140 sow breeding unit and is concerned about keeping pigs free from PRRS
Federated Farmers' Bruce Wills is enthusiastic about poplar and willow trees on farms
Greg Lambert is a pastoral scientist who pus his theories to the test on his own property
Bluey Hebberd traps possums and sells the fur and skins for pest control and extra income
Work on preventing erosion of vulnerable land in Gisborne
A large scale organic, goat, sheep and beef operation in Otago
An AgResearch study measuring the effects of shade on grazing behaviour and production
The importance of worms in a pastoral farming system
A study of management practices that reduce nitrogen loss from Southland and Otago farms
AgFirst consultant Rob Hayes talks about the Gisborne/Wairoa Hill Country Farmer of the Year
Bruce Hearn has developed a system for farming flat oysters to sell live in the shell
A record-breaking historic Angus stud
Research into the cost of the growing resistance of parasites to drenches
Water quality issues and farming concerns are discussed in Manawatu
Measuring carcass yields at Progressive Meats pays dividends for Texel sheep producers
A meat industry alliance has developed robotic technology to improve meat yields
Beef + Lamb New Zealand's programme on summer ewe management and lamb growth
The growing and pack house operation of Tendertips Asparagus
Paul Millen is trialling eucalyptus trees to assess their suitability for use as vineyard posts
Research into preventing scours (and subsequent growth checks) in young calves
Complementary crops keep the Kinzett family producing in Marlborough
A practical tool for assessing soil health and productivity
A company set up to procure, evaluate and commercialise new fruit lines
Farming on the challenging and high-profile high country station
Ongoing research into the use of floating wetlands to capture excess nutrients in water bodies
A partnership between farmers and a bee pollination company
A small apple is being marketed for a big future
Farming buffalo for their milk and processing it into yoghurt and cheese
Balmoral Station is home to high country farmers, Andrew and Karen Simpson
John and Sue Nation's farm business is recovering after an earthquake and a big storm event
A visit to an iconic high country station
Patoka farmers adopt once a day milking for their heifer herd to improve profitability
Infovet is a web-hosted software program developed by Pfizer NZ which is designed to efficiently aggregate dairy farm herd health and production data from various sources with the permission of the farmer and associated veterinarian