Episode 20 – Treating rubbish as a resource May 10, 2024In Podcasts3 Minutes Waste takes many different forms onfarm, such as plastic packaging and chemical drums, and there are some great initiatives out there with an aim to give these resources another life – sometimes even back on the same farm! So when it comes to the circular economy of recycling onfarm waste, it is about viewing it as a resource, rather than rubbish. Guests include: Evan Maehl, Managing Director, WM New Zealand Greg Coppell, Founder, Repost Tony Wilson, Chief Executive, Agrecovery Hosts: Rebecca Greaves, Edit ..read more

An Autumn Muster Anna Munro reflects on her time in the depths of the Canterbury High Country on Lake Heron Station. Words & Images Anna Munro In Community5 Minutes Merinos string across a shingle scree in the high country of Lake Heron Station. Autumn is my favourite time of year. Golden poplars, dewy mornings with the odd frost, and clear, cool nights. A time to catch your breath and reflect after the busyness of summer on the farm. It’s also the season for the Lake Heron Station autumn muster. My sisters and I have been heading up the gorge for the muster for a few years now, al ..read more

Waste Not Want Not From the wine to the waste industry. WM New Zealand Managing Director Evan Maehl has gone from producing the wine to collecting the empty bottle from the kerbside, and he couldn’t be happier. He explains why waste is sexy, and why we should all care about it. In Special Report, Subscriber only12 Minutes Kiwis need to consider their purchasing decisions. WM New Zealand; Waste; Country-Wide Winter 2024 Many thanks for your interest in this article. As our publication is a paid for product we are only able to make a small number of our articles free of charge every iss ..read more

Educational Series ‘Raising The Steaks’ For Beef Sector If you are looking for the latest industry information on how to improve your beef farming operation then you can’t go past the “Raising the Steaks” channel on YouTube, hosted by Angus New Zealand’s very own Kate Pont. In Beef Country2 Minutes Raising the Steaks, the brainchild of Angus New Zealand, is a ground-breaking online educational platform that is revolutionising the landscape of beef breeding in New Zealand. Developed in close collaboration with Gallagher New Zealand, a stalwart in the country’s agribusiness sector, this i ..read more

Monitoring system trial highlights potential of wearable technologies Over the past six months, cow monitoring systems have been trialled in two South Island beef herds as part of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Informing New Zealand Beef Programme. Words Sandra Taylor, Beef + Lamb New Zealand In Beef Country3 Minutes The CowManager trial was an exploration of wearable technologies in beef herds. Commonly used in dairy herds, the CowManager electronic monitoring system was trialled on Jane and Blair Smith’s North Otago Fossil Creek Angus stud herd and Pāmu’s Kepler Farm (which hosts the B+LN ..read more

Charolais breed surging in popularity Buyers recognise the explosive growth and yield potential of Charolais cattle. Words Sam Holland, President of Charolais Breeders New Zealand. In Beef Country1 Minutes The New Zealand Charolais breed is surging in popularity across both beef and dairy markets. Delivering more bottom-line profit across almost every production system is ensuring the breed is well placed within the beef industry.  Charolais cross cattle have featured strongly in sales, regularly topping markets across both store and prime sales over the past 12 months. Buyers reco ..read more

Milestones Reached in Informing New Zealand Beef Programme Data from commercial herds contribute to beef evaluation programme. Words Sandra Taylor, Beef + Lamb New Zealand In Beef Country8 Minutes As the Beef + Lamb New Zealand-led seven-year Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme hits the halfway mark, the focus is changing to education and extension and encouraging the use of high-quality genetics in the beef industry. B+LNZ’s General Manager of Farming Excellence Dan Brier, says over the past four years, the programme’s focus has been on collecting data from the Across-breed Pro ..read more

Highlights of 2023 USA & Canada Study Tour A group of New Zealand breeders and industry representatives learn more about genetic research and new technologies in the Northern Hemisphere. Words Sandra Taylor, Beef + Lamb New Zealand In Beef Country6 Minutes Cattle feeders at Rimrock Cattle Company, Alberta. A study tour to the United States in 2023 gave a group of New Zealand beef breeders, geneticists and industry representatives an opportunity to look under the bonnet of the North American beef industries. The tour, which was part of the Informing New Zealand Beef programme, gave ..read more

Shorthorn breeders get first taste Shorthorn seedstock producers are close to seeing the first weaned calves born in their own large scale progeny test. Words Tony Leggett. In Beef Country8 Minutes Cows and their progeny from the first mating in the progeny test. Now in its second year, the Shorthorn NZ progeny test is collecting the same data on the females and their crossbred progeny as the Informing Beef NZ (IBNZ) test currently running at Kepler Station, Te Anau, and Lochinver Station, east of Taupo, managed by Beef + Lamb NZ Genetics. Hereford and Angus sires used at both Kepler a ..read more

Winter 2024 Read Country-Wide Winter 2024 online here. Country-Wide is New Zealand’s only dedicated pastoral and arable farming magazine, available on subscription. In Subscriber only, Virtual Magazine1 Minute Country-Wide Winter 2024 To access our Virtual Magazine, you need to be a subscriber and be logged in to the site. Log in here or choose your subscription here: Country-Wide Digital Only Subscription or Country-Wide Print+Digital Subscription. The post Winter 2024 appeared first on Country-Wide Magazine ..read more