Livestock
Internet options boost saleyards
Online options for buying and selling stock are experiencing greater uptake as it provides an extra tool, complementing more traditional methods of trading livestock. Rebecca Greaves reports.
Becoming a practical Kiwi
Alternating artificial insemination with veterinary nursing keeps Scottish migrant Kim Armstrong busy. Words and photos by Annabelle Latz.
Treat lice and fly separately
It may be hard to hear, but farmers have to learn to live with some lice, as they won’t get the last one.
Plant some pakeha trees
Broad-spreading deciduous exotic trees offer stock the chance of shade in a scorching summer, while avoiding it in winter, Hawke’s Bay farmer Peter Arthur writes.
Efficient and profitable sheep needed
With farming and overseas markets changing, Country-Wide asked industry people, what should the sheep of the future be?
What is wool’s future in NZ?
Dorian Garrick scopes the range of options for wool off the typical New Zealand sheep farm.
So you wanna be a stud?
Geneticist and farmer Nicola Dennis reflects on the breeding of valuable sheep.