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Search results for "Fodder beet"
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Fodder Beet overviewFodder beet is a crop with high yield potential, offering many benefits for dairy farming, including adding body condition to cows and having less environmental impact than other feeds. It must be managed correctly to ensure the health of your cows.
Feed•2 min read
Fodder Beet overview
Fodder beet is a crop with high yield potential, offering many benefits for dairy farming, including adding body condition to cows and having less environmental impact than other feeds. It must be managed correctly to ensure the health of your cows.
Feed•2 min read
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Growing Fodder BeetSuccessful fodder beet growth depends on meticulous practices from the start. Fodder beet, commonly grazed by non-lactating cows in New Zealand's cooler regions, can be part of a cow's diet for up to six months.
Feed•8 min read
Growing Fodder Beet
Successful fodder beet growth depends on meticulous practices from the start. Fodder beet, commonly grazed by non-lactating cows in New Zealand's cooler regions, can be part of a cow's diet for up to six months.
Feed•8 min read
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Feeding fodder beetFodder beet is a feed option for cows that requires careful planning to avoid health issues such as acidosis. Before feeding it, you should measure your crop yield and test the leaf and bulb to determine its nutritional content.
Feed•11 min read
Feeding fodder beet
Fodder beet is a feed option for cows that requires careful planning to avoid health issues such as acidosis. Before feeding it, you should measure your crop yield and test the leaf and bulb to determine its nutritional content.
Feed•11 min read
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Fodder beet quiz
Fodder beet has a lot to offer when managed correctly. It has a high yield potential and its high energy is great for putting body condition on cows.
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Fodder beet has a lot to offer when managed correctly. It has a high yield potential and its high energy is great for putting body condition on cows.
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How fodder beet’s use has evolved based on farm experiences and research findings | Ep. 31Fodder beet offers many benefits as an alternative crop to brassicas, but it also presents risks and challenges. So, what can we learn from recent research about how to deal with those risks and challenges?
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•24 Aug 2022
•36:02 min
How fodder beet’s use has evolved based on farm experiences and research findings | Ep. 31
Fodder beet offers many benefits as an alternative crop to brassicas, but it also presents risks and challenges. So, what can we learn from recent research about how to deal with those risks and challenges?
Feed
•24 Aug 2022
•36:02 min
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Fodder beet – know what you're feeding | Ep. 25
Does fodder beet have a positive future as a feed for cows in New Zealand? What are some key things to consider when feeding beet through winter?
Feed
•27 Apr 2022
•24:55 min
Fodder beet – know what you're feeding | Ep. 25
Does fodder beet have a positive future as a feed for cows in New Zealand? What are some key things to consider when feeding beet through winter?
Feed
•27 Apr 2022
•24:55 min
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Fodder beet – friend or foe?
This research investigates the proportion of fodder beet in the diet, and total diet composition and its role in animal performance, N excretion and animal health.
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•Fodder beet – friend or foe?
This research investigates the proportion of fodder beet in the diet, and total diet composition and its role in animal performance, N excretion and animal health.
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VelvetleafVelvetleaf is a pest that affects crops, seen in fodder beet and maize crops nationwide. This weed can live on farms for up to 50 years and withstands digestion and silage methods.
Feed•2 min read
Velvetleaf
Velvetleaf is a pest that affects crops, seen in fodder beet and maize crops nationwide. This weed can live on farms for up to 50 years and withstands digestion and silage methods.
Feed•2 min read
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Fact Sheet 3 Setting Up A Willow Coppice Block For Fodder
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•Fact Sheet 3 Setting Up A Willow Coppice Block For Fodder
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Black BeetleBlack beetle is a pest found in warm regions of the upper North Island, especially on light or peat soils. They can cause significant pasture damage.
Feed•1 min read
Black Beetle
Black beetle is a pest found in warm regions of the upper North Island, especially on light or peat soils. They can cause significant pasture damage.
Feed•1 min read
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What does a beef finisher need from the calves you breed? Annie O’Callaghan and Jo Sheridan share perspectives from both ends of the dairy-beef supply chain. They discuss breeding, calf health, pricing and buyer relationships.
Research
•07 Oct 2026
•36:12 min
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Inside Dairy | What separates the best-performing dairy farms in a high-cost era?The 2024-25 season was one of the most profitable in a decade, but in a high-cost era, the best farms stand out for what they can control.
Inside Dairy•22 Sep 2026
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Inside Dairy | What separates the best-performing dairy farms in a high-cost era?The 2024-25 season was one of the most profitable in a decade, but in a high-cost era, the best farms stand out for what they can control.
Inside Dairy•22 Sep 2026
•3 min read
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Inside Dairy | Unlocking new dairy beef opportunitiesFurther research into extended lactation systems and mating strategies aims to give dairy farmers more options to increase the proportion of calves suited to beef production.
Inside Dairy•18 Sep 2026
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Inside Dairy | Unlocking new dairy beef opportunitiesFurther research into extended lactation systems and mating strategies aims to give dairy farmers more options to increase the proportion of calves suited to beef production.
Inside Dairy•18 Sep 2026
•3 min read
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Beef-on-dairyUsing beef genetics can create more options for calves not needed as dairy replacements. Successful beef-on-dairy systems balance calving ease, beef performance and farm goals.
Animal•3 min read
Beef-on-dairy
Using beef genetics can create more options for calves not needed as dairy replacements. Successful beef-on-dairy systems balance calving ease, beef performance and farm goals.
Animal•3 min read
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Inside Dairy - Boosting the dairy-beef sectorA partnership between DairyNZ, the Government and other sector leaders is engaged in a four-year, $20.9 million programme to expand the dairy-beef sector.
Inside Dairy•8 May 2026
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Inside Dairy - Boosting the dairy-beef sectorA partnership between DairyNZ, the Government and other sector leaders is engaged in a four-year, $20.9 million programme to expand the dairy-beef sector.
Inside Dairy•8 May 2026
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Finding opportunities with dairy beef | Ep. 125
This Talking Dairy episode covers the new Dairy Beef Opportunities programme, a cross-sector initiative boosting dairy-beef value, improving outcomes for non‑replacement calves, and strengthening dairy-beef integration.
Animal
•06 May 2026
•25:14 min
Finding opportunities with dairy beef | Ep. 125
This Talking Dairy episode covers the new Dairy Beef Opportunities programme, a cross-sector initiative boosting dairy-beef value, improving outcomes for non‑replacement calves, and strengthening dairy-beef integration.
Animal
•06 May 2026
•25:14 min
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Inside Dairy - Towards more profitable and ethical dairy beefThe Dairy Beef Profit Partnership pilot, delivered by DairyNZ & Beef + Lamb New Zealand, is connecting dairy farmers, calf rearers and beef finishers with a view to building a partnership to give non-replacement dairy calves more productive pathways.
Inside Dairy•20 Mar 2026
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Inside Dairy - Towards more profitable and ethical dairy beefThe Dairy Beef Profit Partnership pilot, delivered by DairyNZ & Beef + Lamb New Zealand, is connecting dairy farmers, calf rearers and beef finishers with a view to building a partnership to give non-replacement dairy calves more productive pathways.
Inside Dairy•20 Mar 2026
•3 min read
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Dairy and beef sectors welcome Government investment in Dairy Beef Opportunities programmeNew Zealand’s dairy and beef industries today welcomed the Government’s investment in the $20.9 million Dairy Beef Opportunities (DBO) programme aimed at growing New Zealand’s dairy-beef sector and creating new revenue opportunities for farmers.
Media releases•12 Mar 2026
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Dairy and beef sectors welcome Government investment in Dairy Beef Opportunities programmeNew Zealand’s dairy and beef industries today welcomed the Government’s investment in the $20.9 million Dairy Beef Opportunities (DBO) programme aimed at growing New Zealand’s dairy-beef sector and creating new revenue opportunities for farmers.
Media releases•12 Mar 2026
•2 min read
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Dairy beef opportunitiesNew Zealand’s dairy and beef industries are coming together to work more closely through the Dairy Beef Opportunities programme to address a key area — the management of non-replacement calves that are not required to replenish the dairy herd.
Research•2 min read
Dairy beef opportunities
New Zealand’s dairy and beef industries are coming together to work more closely through the Dairy Beef Opportunities programme to address a key area — the management of non-replacement calves that are not required to replenish the dairy herd.
Research•2 min read
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Inside Dairy - Production records make 2024/25 a season to beatMilksolids production rose last season, largely due to strong milk price incentives, increased imported feed and consistent herd performance across many farms.
Inside Dairy•3 Mar 2026
•2 min read
Inside Dairy - Production records make 2024/25 a season to beatMilksolids production rose last season, largely due to strong milk price incentives, increased imported feed and consistent herd performance across many farms.
Inside Dairy•3 Mar 2026
•2 min read
