All posts tagged "livestock"

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  News and Views

  New NAIT standards will improve animal traceability and benefit farmers

  The introduction of new NAIT standards and guidelines will bring added value for farmers and NAIT users with tag manufacturers, accredited entities...

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  Fast Facts

  Farmers support additional efforts for wintering practices

  New Zealand’s farming sector supports additional efforts to improve winter grazing practices on farms, with a particular focus on animal welfare.

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  Fast Facts

  Agriculture Minister establishes winter grazing taskforce

  Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor announced he is establishing a taskforce to respond to the animal welfare issues associated with the practice...

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  Farm Management

  Weighing up your heat detection options

  There are a number of tools and technologies now available to help dairy farmers optimize heat detection.

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  Fast Facts

  Consultation opens for proposed TBfree 2020 disease control operations

  OSPRI is inviting feedback on proposed possum control operations for the TBfree disease management programme.

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  News and Views

  Farmers committed to reducing greenhouse emissions

  The ‘Action on Agricultural Emissions’ discussion paper is a positive first step as farmers and the government hammer out a practical path...

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  News and Views

  Winter grazing must not compromise animal health and welfare

  The New Zealand Veterinary Association says there is no place in modern farming for winter grazing practices that compromise animal health and...

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  Farm Management

  Farmers consider transition feeding for smoother calving and better production

  GrainCorp Feeds is educating dairy farmers about transition feeding this calving as a tool to help improve cow health and lift milk...

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  Fast Facts

  Selling calves? Tag and register before sale

  To build lifetime animal traceability, OSPRI is reminding dairy farmers and lifestylers to register their newborns in the NAIT online system.

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  Whos Who

  Insight into winter on dairy farms

  Winter can be a challenging time for farmers. Rainfall and cold weather events inevitably make things wet underfoot and managing those conditions...