Livestock
Mating on kale riskier but promising
Grazing kale at mating shows promise on Southland farms, vet Andrew Cochrane writes.
Lessons learned for best practice
Setting up an independent business, vets Ben Allott and his wife Samantha applied many of the lessons they had learned along the way.
Facial eczema speed bumps
Peter Andrew sets the scene for facial eczema tolerance in sheep.
Lab-based FE test closer
Work to develop a high throughput, low-cost facial eczema (FE) tolerance test for sheep is well underway with a commercial test expected to be made available to laboratories by the end of 2023.
Resisting the parasite plague
Despite regular warnings over recent decades, farmers appear unwilling to tackle the issue of drench resistance in sheep. By Lynda Gray.
The genetics of worm resistance
Vet Sara Sutherland tries to sort the jargon around the genetics of resistance to parasitic worms.
The cost of producing a lamb
Farm consultant Kerry Dwyer works the numbers to find the cost of producing a lamb and that farmers are running a high input cost system.
Team effort on hill country
Tiniroto's Mount Florida Station has won the Gisborne-Wairoa Farmer of the Year award. Peter Andrew reports on the field day at the hill country farm.
Ram breeding needs incentives
It may be paradoxical, but Dorian Garrick believes that the success of NZ’s breeding value maternal worth has hampered farmer-led innovations.