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Lifestyle block owners encouraged to do feed and livestock stocktake ahead of summer

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is encouraging lifestyle block owners to make use of a free feed planning service providing extra animal welfare support this summer.  Parts of the…

Help protect New Zealand’s pigs

Lifestylers are being urged to help protect New Zealand’s pigs from a deadly swine disease that is spreading overseas and kills about 80 percent of the pigs it infects.

What you can do when you don't have enough feed

When feed is short there are only a few options for farmers with livestock. Find more feed or reduce the need for feed. Reducing the need for feed means keeping fewer animals, or animals with lower…

Farming Diary for January

This is the month to start and take seriously the warnings of another dry summer. The rain most parts had in November (always a critical month) and December will have been enough.

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