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Making Dollars and Sense of Nutrient Management

Sat 22 Apr 2006

During March, Dexcel and Fonterra Milk Supply presented a nutrient management road show series with 36 on-farm field days being held throughout the country. These...
Apr 2006
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An Organic Chicken and Egg Situation

Sat 22 Apr 2006

The growth of organics in conventional farming practices and food production around New Zealand
Apr 2006
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What Really Needs Renewing Your Pastures, or Your Focus on Grazing Management?

Fri 14 Apr 2006

David wilson bought his original property in the 70s and has added to it over time. Although there are some areas he regrassed over 10...
Apr 2006
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Legumes for dry lands

Sat 08 Apr 2006

Dry lands in the eastern shadow of the main divide of both islands typically receive only 600 to 800 millimetres of rain and experience dry...
Apr 2006
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IFMS Walton project

Sat 08 Apr 2006

David and Raewyn Bennet have adopted an integrated farm management systems approach to dairying.
Apr 2006
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Importance of Prelambing Feeding

Sat 01 Apr 2006

High levels of lamb mortality are a great source of loss to sheep farmers. Most published reports relating to lamb survival show the first week...
Apr 2006
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Making the Move to New Zealand

Sat 01 Apr 2006

Five years ago in the rural hinterland of Lincolnshire, England, the Davey family were about to make potentially the most difficult decision of their farming...
Apr 2006
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Organic Growers Guide

Sat 25 Mar 2006

There is increasing interest in New Zealand in growing crops sustainably. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is part of the trend towards reduced use of agricultural...
Mar 2006
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Waitohi Pastoral Holdings

Sat 25 Mar 2006

Waitohi Pastoral Holdings Ltd is in its third milking season after development in a district which has few dairy farms. It is located beside the...
Mar 2006
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Minister of Agriculture, Jim Anderon - Part 2

Sat 18 Mar 2006

Roger: As I said earlier, we covered so much with Jim Anderton we couldnt fit it all in last week. Lets pick up where we...
Mar 2006
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Converting Forestry Blocks to Pasture

Sat 18 Mar 2006

The Selwyn Plantation Board Ltd and its forerunner have been growing timber trees since 1874. The Board now controls around 14,000ha of forest, and is...
Mar 2006
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Glass mulch under grape vines

Fri 17 Mar 2006

TerraNova has the glass recycling contract for Christchurch, along with many other recyclable materials, which farmers often put to quite innovate uses. In horticulture reflective...
Mar 2006
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Clover Up project

Sat 11 Mar 2006

Concern among farmers throughout NZ over the lack of clover in pastures led AgResearch Grasslands scientist John Brock to form a group of 16 farms...
Mar 2006
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Geoffrey Kane and family

Sat 11 Mar 2006

Geoff Kane won the Skellerup Young Farmer of the Year Contest in 1981, the first year it was televised. He was a sharemilker with a...
Mar 2006
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Controlling the strip

Sat 04 Mar 2006

We look at a three-year project to test innovative field cropping practices which builds on previous projects undertaken by LandWISE Inc. Field trials are being...
Mar 2006
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The process of agribusiness development

Sat 04 Mar 2006

Colin Kay, and his wife Jan, have been raising pigs since 1985 and by 2004 owned and/or managed five sites involving a total of 900...
Mar 2006
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PS1000 effluent pressure separator

Sat 04 Feb 2006

The PS1000 pressure separator takes out the solids from farm dairy shed effluent before the liquid continues into the treatment ponds. The wash down water...
Feb 2006
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Olive Oil Production just the best

Sat 04 Feb 2006

Surprisingly, olive trees will grow just about anywhere in NZ and, even more surprising, by international standards the oil produced is of the highest quality...
Feb 2006
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Mycoherbicide for control of Giant Buttercup

Sat 28 Jan 2006

A fungus that rots carrots in the fridge and causes lettuces to go brown in the garden is likely to become a useful weapon for...
Jan 2006
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Flax renewed interest in on-farm use

Sat 28 Jan 2006

The flax industry was very important in the first half of last century and then went into decline as other species and end products were...
Jan 2006
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Kevin, Carol, Jacob, Daniel, Thomas and Martha Loe

Sat 21 Jan 2006

The Loes farm of 1871 hectares, comprises of three properties. The Homestead has been in the familys hands for 100 years. The Shirt was added...
Jan 2006
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Chilean Needle Grass the ultimate weed

Fri 20 Jan 2006

Chilean Needle Grass is a very invasive tussock grass that is very difficult to control. It infests parts of Hawkes Bay and extensive areas of...
Jan 2006
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Kicking Kikuyu back to Kaikohe

Sat 17 Dec 2005

Pennisetum clandestinum, otherwise known as Kikuyu grass, is a vigorous tropical plant that grows rapidly in warm to hot, humid conditions to form a dense...
Dec 2005
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Starborough-Flaxbourne Soil Conservation Project

Sat 17 Dec 2005

Low rainfall, exacerbated by westerly winds has led to soil erosion in the Starborough-Flaxbourne region, especially on north-facing hill country. There have been droughts in...
Dec 2005
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NZ Hothouse

Sat 10 Dec 2005

NZ Hothouse has developed in the past decade two massive glasshouse complexes in South Auckland, totalling 20ha under glass, for the year-round production of tomatoes,...
Dec 2005
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Profiting from Organic Dairying

Sat 10 Dec 2005

Organic dairying has become not only respectable but profitable. Fonterra has identified a valuable niche in the market and wants about 200 farms to convert...
Dec 2005
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Ross and Debbie Loomans

Sat 03 Dec 2005

For most farmers, the purchase of a holiday home comes a bit later in life; a welcome reward for much of the hard work. But...
Dec 2005
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Battling Clover Root Weevil

Sat 26 Nov 2005

Clover root weevil has infested productive pastures in many Nth Is areas. It reduces Nitrogen fixation by clover rhizobia and hence both clover and pasture...
Nov 2005
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David Walker and sons

Sat 26 Nov 2005

David Walker returned to the family dairy farming operation in the early 1970s after Massey University and progressed to farm ownership. He was the third...
Nov 2005
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Sire Referencing Project for Deer

Sat 19 Nov 2005

Featuring: Dr Jason Archer, project leader, senior scientist, geneticist, AgResearch Invermay

Invermay has set up a system that has sped up the ranking of stags on...
Nov 2005
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Allan and Sonia Richardson

Sat 19 Nov 2005

Allan and Sonia Richardson are sheep and beef farmers, with 310ha organics compared with 1000ha conventional in Heriot, West Otago. They are developing a branded...
Nov 2005
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Ovita LoinMax Ram Breeding

Sat 12 Nov 2005

Ovita (NZ) Ltd is a research & development consortium formed three years ago by Wool Equities Ltd, Meat NZ, and AgResearch to develop on-and off-farm...
Nov 2005
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Hugh and Darla Le Fleming, 50:50 sharemilkers in large-scale irrigated dairying

Sat 12 Nov 2005

In 2002, before moving to Maniototo, the Le Flemings had 385 cows on 102ha in Taranaki, with a 40-bale herringbone. They came to Maniototo for...
Nov 2005
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Satellite Internet Connections for Remote Locations

Sat 05 Nov 2005

Theres a lot of huff and puff from Telecom and others about high-speed broadband connections to the internet for farmers and others in rural areas,...
Nov 2005
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Mixed Sheep and Crop Farmer - Craig Whiteside

Sat 05 Nov 2005

Cropping operations in South Otago are finding it incredibly tough with limited opportunities and escalating costs. So how important is it for a young farmer...
Nov 2005
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Geoff & Jodelle Clark Bucking the trend and reassembling the family farm.

Sat 29 Oct 2005

In a decade where land prices have romped away and many family farms have either been carved up or amalgamated into bigger, more profitable units,...
Oct 2005
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DIY Energy on the Farm

Sat 29 Oct 2005

Until recently Mark Carter was running sheep and cattle on his 280ha property. He has now leased it out and is concentrating on energy developments.

Electronics...
Oct 2005
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Cawthron Institute

Sat 22 Oct 2005

As part of a larger project studying the Motueka river catchment, the Cawthron Institute has looked at the effects of water quality and supply on...
Oct 2005
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Zealous farm traceability scheme

Sat 22 Oct 2005

A group of leading North Island farmers with 200,000 stock units have got together to provide improved traceability for meat and wool production.

The Zealous Group...
Oct 2005
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Rearing bobby lambs

Sat 15 Oct 2005

The Pendergrasts run sheep, cattle, deer and goats on a large hill country property. The lamb rearing operation began two years ago as an experiment,...
Oct 2005