Price Trends To 11 July 2018
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Worm Control In Beef Cattle
Why Worm Control? Burdens of cattle worms can lead to reduced liveweight in and associated with worm disease like diarrhoea and illthrift. A worm control programme will benefit the animals health as well as adding to the profitability at sale time. Drenches There are four drench groups: Combination drenches (for example, Eclipse® or Trifecta®) should […]Continue reading
Fencing Types
Fencing Types Which fencing to use is dependant on what livestock is going to be stocked. There is a range of fencing materials so we will try and make sense of the options in this article. Creosote vs Permapine The first question is post type. Rural fences are typically built using pine posts. Strainers at […]Continue reading
Grazing Strategies
Grazing Strategies There are a number of grazing strategies that can be used depending on how your land is being used. These factors include what livestock you are targeting, land size (and stocking pressure), rainfall in the area, which species of pasture is suited for your area as well as personal preferences (e.g. natural vegetation […]Continue reading