Total results 93
Total results 93
Search results for "Water quality"
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Design and installationDesigning and installing a new irrigation system for your farm involves making sure it fits your land, business and water regulations. This page emphasises how a well-planned system can boost the efficient use of water, energy, labour, and money.
Environment•1 min read
Design and installation
Designing and installing a new irrigation system for your farm involves making sure it fits your land, business and water regulations. This page emphasises how a well-planned system can boost the efficient use of water, energy, labour, and money.
Environment•1 min read
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Herringbone MaxTUnderstanding the maximum milking time (MaxT) is key to making your milking system as efficient as possible. MaxT is a strategy to milk cows for a predetermined time based on milk volume.
Milking•6 min read
Herringbone MaxT
Understanding the maximum milking time (MaxT) is key to making your milking system as efficient as possible. MaxT is a strategy to milk cows for a predetermined time based on milk volume.
Milking•6 min read
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Maize silageMaize silage is a high-quality forage supplement made by ensiling maize crops in stacks or bunkers, used to supplement pasture. This silage has notably low levels of sodium, calcium, and phosphorus, making it a useful carrier to supplement magnesium.
Feed•4 min read
Maize silage
Maize silage is a high-quality forage supplement made by ensiling maize crops in stacks or bunkers, used to supplement pasture. This silage has notably low levels of sodium, calcium, and phosphorus, making it a useful carrier to supplement magnesium.
Feed•4 min read
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Annual ryegrassWhite clover is crucial for New Zealand dairy pastures, offering nutritional value and fixing nitrogen to boost other grasses' growth. Yet, shade hampers its growth, and overusing N fertiliser can outcompete it.
Feed•6 min read
Annual ryegrass
White clover is crucial for New Zealand dairy pastures, offering nutritional value and fixing nitrogen to boost other grasses' growth. Yet, shade hampers its growth, and overusing N fertiliser can outcompete it.
Feed•6 min read
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Milk coolingMilk cooling is the process of lowering the temperature of milk after milking to maintain its quality.
Milking•8 min read
Milk cooling
Milk cooling is the process of lowering the temperature of milk after milking to maintain its quality.
Milking•8 min read
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Mastitis AdvisorsThe page provides ways to find a milk quality adviser, a qualified milking machine tester, or a vet specialising in mastitis investigations.
Animal•1 min read
Mastitis Advisors
The page provides ways to find a milk quality adviser, a qualified milking machine tester, or a vet specialising in mastitis investigations.
Animal•1 min read
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Mastitis Training CoursesIf you are looking to build your milk quality and mastitis management skills, check out these DairyNZ recommended training courses.
Support•2 min read
Mastitis Training Courses
If you are looking to build your milk quality and mastitis management skills, check out these DairyNZ recommended training courses.
Support•2 min read
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Catch CropsThe purpose of a catch crop is to increase annual dry matter production, to take up soil mineral and urine nitrogen and to reduce the risk of leaching or runoff.
Feed•5 min read
Catch Crops
The purpose of a catch crop is to increase annual dry matter production, to take up soil mineral and urine nitrogen and to reduce the risk of leaching or runoff.
Feed•5 min read
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MilkingCreate an attractive workplace for staff and maximise time out in the paddock for cows by milking efficiently. Milking can be a time-consuming task. On an average farm at peak lactation, twenty-nine hours per week are spent milking.
Milking
Create an attractive workplace for staff and maximise time out in the paddock for cows by milking efficiently. Milking can be a time-consuming task. On an average farm at peak lactation, twenty-nine hours per week are spent milking.
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PeopleFind out how to recruit quality staff, be a better manager, work within the law and grow your people. Employees, find out all you need to know to make the dairy industry your career.
People
Find out how to recruit quality staff, be a better manager, work within the law and grow your people. Employees, find out all you need to know to make the dairy industry your career.
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Irrigation
Good irrigation helps pasture grow better, providing more feed for animals. Whatever the chosen system, it should maximise the amount of pasture grown while using as little water as possible.
Irrigation
Good irrigation helps pasture grow better, providing more feed for animals. Whatever the chosen system, it should maximise the amount of pasture grown while using as little water as possible.
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Average pasture coverAverage pasture cover is the measure of the quantity of pasture on the farm. Having average pasture cover targets for the farm at key times of the year is important for managing pasture supply and demand.
Feed•6 min read
Average pasture cover
Average pasture cover is the measure of the quantity of pasture on the farm. Having average pasture cover targets for the farm at key times of the year is important for managing pasture supply and demand.
Feed•6 min read
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Mid-lactation once-a-day milkingOnce-a-day (OAD) milking is a practice adopted by dairy farmers to manage their herds during late lactation, particularly from Christmas onwards.
Milking•4 min read
Mid-lactation once-a-day milking
Once-a-day (OAD) milking is a practice adopted by dairy farmers to manage their herds during late lactation, particularly from Christmas onwards.
Milking•4 min read
