Technical Tips

Date: 2009-04-16 | Category:

Choose your pasture sowing dates for best results
Choosing pasture varieties that provide a range of heading dates is too valuable a tool for farmers to ignore, according to NZ Agriseeds technical development manager Graham Kerr.... Read full article »

Top-10 tips for pasture renewal
Identify the paddocks that are stuffed, where the grass is not growing to expectations... Read full article »

Pasture Persistence
The persistence of pastures is a thorny issue for many farmers, who are frustrated that after spending money and time on new pastures, they don’t last forever. It is also common for farmers to question whether the fault lies with seed companies who have bred plants with poorer persistence than the old varieties.... Read full article »

Managing for Pasture Productivity
Pasture production varies considerably between regions, between farms, and even within a farm. There are many reasons for this, and they can be split into three groups... Read full article »

Identifying paddocks for renewal
Most farm operations renew pastures every year, but how do you identify those pastures? Typically paddocks are chosen on what the pasture looks like, or a gut-feel on how that paddocks performs. There are much better ways to do it, which have many advantages... Read full article »

Repairing pastures damaged by drought
An unavoidable consequence of drought is damage to many pastures, and the negative affect this has on future production. After a prolonged drought period, most damaged pastures will not recover to their state prior to the drought, because the gaps in pastures at the end of the drought get filled with low-producing weeds ... Read full article »

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