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Sulphur: Should It Be in Your Fertiliser or Not? 29 May 2013 | 03:31 am
By Nick Lyttle Sulphur is essential for productive pastures, crops and animals. With many NZ soils low in sulphur, it is a common part of fertiliser plans and for good reason. Without sulphur, no pr...
Farming With Change 29 May 2013 | 03:31 am
By Cynthia Northcote Recently I was involved in a workshop for Change. Refreshingly not for National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) or climate change, this time the change was about me! Th...
Optigrow Copper 29 May 2013 | 03:30 am
By Pat Poletti The Brazilian philosopher Roberto Unger noted that, “The scientist should treasure the riddles they cannot solve, not explain them away at the onset”. With this in mind, it is the time...
Facial Eczema, Zinc and Copper 19 Mar 2013 | 01:26 am
The story of using zinc as a facial eczema control is a heart-warming story of courage and commitment despite overwhelming odds. Referring of course to the late Gladys Reid who identified the usefulne...
How to Choose Your Pre-tup Supplement? 19 Mar 2013 | 12:38 am
Rarely does pasture provide 100% of dietary requirements for optimal performance and some form of supplementation is required for growth, maintenance, pregnancy or lactation. What your stock need most...
Copper Sufficiency and Internal Parasites in Sheep and Goats 19 Mar 2013 | 12:20 am
On many sheep farms barbers pole worm is a real headache at this time of year. The short inter-generational time (15-18 days under ideal conditions) for barbers pole worm (Haemonchus contorus) result ...
Lambs failing to thrive after weaning 23 Nov 2012 | 02:31 am
For lambs to continue growing at over 300 grams per day post weaning, not only must they have sufficient copper and cobalt – two trace elements frequently under-supported – but excesses and toxicities...
Copper content of tapioca 23 Nov 2012 | 02:22 am
We have to admit that we’ve been caught out recently. Routinely, Mineral Systems run analysis of feeds that clients are incorporating into rations in order to more accurately define mineral requiremen...
Young Stock Management 23 Nov 2012 | 01:32 am
Recently, I attended a couple of Beef and Lamb field days on the subject of Management of weaner dairy & dairy beef stock. It was surprising and disappointing that the treatment of trace element nutri...
Anthelmintic Use In Dairy Cows 24 Sep 2012 | 09:11 am
A Good Return on Investment? An old trick used by pharmaceutical companies when endorsing their products is to promote the trial data that supports their product – and why not? But conversely you nev...
