Country-Wide - Livestock http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/ Latest Content for Livestock en-nz http://www.country-wide.co.nz/image/country_wide_logo.gif Copyright 2007 The New Zealand Farmers Weekly http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/feed/ The New Zealand Farmers Weekly RSS Generator info@cplfirst.co.nz info@cplfirst.co.nz Titirangi Station’s plan minimises risk in the dry Weaning lambs earlier and heavier helped Titirangi Station cope better with the summer dry. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11450.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Sheep project lifts performance Tolaga Bay station Titirangi triumphed in a project to improve sheep performance on the East Coast. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11451.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Merino project relevant to North Island store lambs Low store lamb prices in dry years drives station owners to try to finish their lambs through winter. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11452.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Private contracts seen as way to go Graeme Ogle might not be popular with the stock firms. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11453.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Sheep congress scheduled for Sydney The expectations of high-end consumers for the products of sheep farming will be highlighted during the ninth World Sheep and Wool Congress in Sydney from April 6-9. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11454.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Shared market contract urged In his November, 2009, report to Merino Inc, Graeme Ogle wrote that the ideal contract is one that links both the store producer and finisher to the lamb market value at slaughter. His report leads farmers through examples of how they could work. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11455.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Breeding groups begin choosing their rams Spaces in this year's round of the M&WNZ Central Progeny Test have been offered and the selected ram breeding groups are in the process of choosing their rams. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11456.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Measurement accuracy in genetics Like lots of things in life, it is hard to do things perfectly so we use the idea of "accuracy" to indicate how "good" a measurement is. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11457.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Irish, Kiwis face similar challenges Irish and New Zealand farmers face similar economic and environmental challenges. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11458.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 Kiwi research boosts Uruguay sheep industry Uruguayan sheep and beef farmers have made progress in production gains over the past 20 years but they face similar pressures to their NZ counterparts. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/11459.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010