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Doing a Winter Feed Budget - Waipa
3,340kgDM/ha available minus 1,680 allocated = 1,732kgDM/Ha residual on 1 Sep. View project details
Cost/Benefit of buying in extra feed.
In 2016 The Blackburns shifted to a policy of using a self-feed silage pit for their Red Deer Hinds, and buying in more supplements to increase the feed available for livestock. View project details
Silage Quality Analysis Project
Many farms in our Advance Party make use of silage or baleage as a substantial proportion of the diet used to maintain hinds over the winter. View project details
Self-feed Silage in the King Country
In a first visit to the property in December 2015, the AP members identified significant benefits for the Blackburns in moving to a different way of wintering their hinds. View project details
Whole Herd Lepto Vaccination Reduces Fawn Wastage
The results are from two farms both of which have hinds which scan pregnant but fail to wean a fawn. View project details