Ross Monaghan, Soil Scientist at AgResearch, joined us to talk about taking care of stock, soils and water in winter. Winter grazing of forage crops is an important issue for farmers. It can be a good source of income through setting finishing animals up for high margins or through taking on grazers. It can also come at a cost from pugging, through loss of nutrients and topsoil and by pollution of water. In addition to all that, lots of animals on wet soils in winter can be a concern for the community. Recent research from the collaborative P21 programme has come up with some answers to improve animal performance while at the same time avoiding, remedying or mitigating the negative impacts. Additionally, since the recording of this podcast research has been completed on sheep wintering which you can find at Sheep Wintering Otago - NZ Landcare Trust
‘Break-Feed’: Leptospirosis can kill farmers, with Matt and Lynley Wyeth
‘Break-Feed’: Feeding lambs on Fodder Beet, with Scott Linklater
'Break-Feed': Three electronic opportunities for sheep and beef farms, with Neil Aicken, North Waikato
The Future of Our Food: FarmSmart 2017
Peter Young: More profit from sheep
Al McCone: Farming Health and Safety
Professor Steve Morris, Massey University: The New Zealand Beef Cow
Dr Doug Edmeades: Making the most of your fertiliser
David Stevens: The Lamb Weaning Decision
Derrick Moot: Lucerne and other dryland legumes
Richard Whittington: Johne’s Disease
Craig Hickson and Mike Petersen: The New Zealand Red Meat Industry
Mike Barton: Farming with limits - the Lake Taupo experience
Bob Thomson: Beef farming - the secrets to success
Trevor Cook: Top tips for farmers
Lynley Wyeth: Saving and rearing new-born lambs
San Jolly: Feed quality
Dave Leathwick: Animal health, internal parasites
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