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  • Farming Diary for February

    February farming diary

    What a contrast this season has been to recent seasons. There has never been so many bales of silage stacked up along fence lines and in yards for years. Crops just soaked up the rain. It's just a pity the bottom of the South Island missed out, and hopefully they can be helped out from the North Island surpluses.
  • Brush wattle brushwattlewA very fast growing, though thankfully short lived tree - popping up on cliffs, banks, hillsides, slips and cuttings.  One of the few flowering trees around in winter, brush wattle is conspicuous now with greenish-yellow bottlebrush-like flowers. It is reasonably common in the North Island, though rarer in the south.
  • Sheep yard design for small flocks sheepyardswA tried and true design for sheep yards built by Bruce Binnie.

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LSB Smart buyers' guide to...

  • Buying the right watertank watertankThere are many good reasons to store water. Many lifestyle farms have no access to town supply water and rely on bore or rainwater. Even if you do have access to town supply water, having a water tank for rainwater is a good idea. In some areas, having a water tank may be required when building a new house. Whatever the reason, make sure you buy the right tank for your situation.

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  • Farming Diary for February

    February farming diary

    What a contrast this season has been to recent seasons. There has never been so many bales of silage stacked up along fence lines and in yards for years. Crops just soaked up the rain. It's just a pity the bottom of the South Island missed out, and hopefully they can be helped out from the North Island surpluses.

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  • The Good Oil: Dead Easy

    burying dead livestockNothing ever is dead easy, is it?  Troubled of Horsham Downs, Waikato, has a tiny worry.  Her husband is often out of the country on business trips leaving her to mind their 3½ha lifestyle block.  While she and daughter are awfully competent types, she does wonder what would happen if an animal died. “Goldfish are a piece of cake, you flush them down the toilet.  But a 500kg Friesian steer is a different matter.  We don’t have a front end loader or any useful machinery for moving the thing…”

It's time to think about...

  • Ryegrass staggers horses ryegrass staggersRyegrass staggers is a neurological disease of sheep, cattle, horses and ponies, deer and alpaca. Alpacas appear to be particularly susceptible. It occurs commonly throughout the North Island and as far south as North Otago and is most common in summer and autumn.