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Bulls

Showing the first 97 from a total of 97 Bulls articles, sorted by Publication Date

Fine art of selecting bulls
01-07-2010 | Jackie Harrigan
Livestock | Country-Wide Northern

Angus bull breeder Richard Rowe gave a rundown of a few of his tricks for bull selection at a recent Beef Returns Improvement Group day at Hunterville. » Read full article

Warrants of fitness needed
01-07-2010 | Jackie Harrigan
Livestock | Country-Wide Northern

Just as you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't tell if your bull is fertile and capable of doing the business by looking at him. » Read full article

Bulls brought in from Southland
01-06-2010 | Not Specified
Livestock | Country-Wide Northern

It sounds like bringing coals to Newcastle, but this year Paparatu Station has brought Angus bulls from Southland. » Read full article

Stud start-up to hand
01-06-2010 | Rebecca Harper
Livestock | Country-Wide Northern

Andy Short was spending a fair bit of money buying Simmental bulls to put over his cows, so he decided to breed his own. » Read full article

Te Mania bulls graphic example of genetic progress
12-05-2010 | Sandra Taylor
Livestock | Country-Wide Southern

When Te Mania's Frank Wilding was selling bulls back in the 1960s a good bull weighed 600kg. » Read full article

Taking it to the top
12-05-2010 | Cathrine Peter
Livestock | Country-Wide Southern

Playing around with exotics early in the 1970s and finding most came up short convinced a Nelson couple to start breeding their own cattle. » Read full article

Bulls help build capital stock numbers
01-03-2010 | Not Specified
Profile | Country-Wide Northern

One of the key aims of the Vernon's five-year plan is to increase the farm's carrying capacity from 3500 stock units to 4000 stock units and finish 1000 lambs and 200 cattle annually. » Read full article

Bull prices expected to improve
01-01-2010 | Not Specified
Business | Country-Wide Northern

A recovery in US imported bull prices coupled with the expectation that the NZ dollar will average lower in 2010 than 2009 will help NZ farmers gain better returns on their bulls this year. » Read full article

Taking care of the bull business
01-01-2010 | Hugh Stringleman
Profile | Country-Wide Northern

On hills overlooking beautiful Mahinepua Bay and Wainui Bay and the spectacular Cavalli Islands in the Far North, six generations of the Shepherd family have farmed sheep and cattle. » Read full article

Check on bull power before it’s too late
07-12-2009 | Not Specified
Dairy | Country-Wide Southern

Buying or leasing fewer bulls than required to run with the cows once artificial breeding has finished will not save money in the long run, says FarmWise's Bridget Ray. » Read full article


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