Advice

Fertiliser for lifestyle blocks

2 October 2019

Deciding what nutrients to put on your lifestyle or small holding may seem daunting, but we are here to help.

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Advice

Getting your spring pasture covers right

4 September 2019

Managing pasture surpluses or deficits throughout spring is key to maintaining quality and persistence going into summer, says Ravensdown Agronomist Tim Russell. The trick, he says, is to get your pre-grazing and post-grazing covers right.

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The Experts

Integration of stock wellbeing and nutrition

12 August 2019

It’s that time of year when we are again asking a lot of our stock. Lambing and calving can be stressful. If we don’t look after our stock, there can be flow on effects from health and wellbeing to performance.

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Advice

Small things that make a big difference in growing great lambs

6 August 2019

If you were to look at the range of lamb daily growth rates on sheep farms in New Zealand, you would find a huge range from as low as 80g – 350g + per lamb per day. To get to the top of this range requires attention to detail.

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