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Pasture Management
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Looking at fresh pastures
Friday, 23 April 2010
Pasture is defined as land with vegetation suitable for the grazing of livestock. The origin of the word is old French, from late Latin, pastura or grazing.
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Thinking deep about pasture
Friday, 23 April 2010
The health of pasture and soil cannot be dissociated. It is exactly the same as a raised-bed garden put in for growing vegetables; if the soil is fed then it will produce quality vegetables – the same as a paddock being nurtured for the production of grass, whether it be to support dairy cows or any other animal.
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Three leaf pasture management
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Ryegrasses (annual and perennial) are New Zealand’s major pasture grasses sown by farmers and are a collection of ‘tillers’ or new shoots that grow from the ‘growth point’ in their base.
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Responding to drought damage
Thursday, 18 March 2010
While a drought in New Zealand may not be quite on the same level as one in Australia the impact can be just as challenging, and if not managed correctly, devastating.
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The Pasture story - its life, needs and usage
Friday, 18 September 2009
Pasture is a bustling metropolis made of plants of grass, clovers, herbs, weeds and bare ground.
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Quality grass fermentation
Friday, 18 September 2009
Pickled grass – appetising? It is if you are a cow. Or a sheep for that matter.
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Chemical vs Organic
Friday, 18 September 2009
It was interesting to see Dennis T Avery from The Hudson Institute, USA, attempting to stem the flow of farmers moving towards organic certified production.
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Grazing maintains your pastures
Friday, 18 September 2009
Believe it or not the best tool you have at your disposal for pasture management is your grazing animals. They harvest their own pasture feed and the grazing maintains pasture plants in the leafy stage.
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Using nitrogen strategically
Friday, 18 September 2009
Nitrogen fertiliser promotes growth in plants and is the easiest and often the cheapest way to increase pasture growth. Plants deficient in nitrogen look pale green, stunted and yellow compared to their lush, green nitrogen rich counterparts.
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Evil Weevils
Friday, 18 September 2009
Clover Root Weevil (Sitona lepidus) has been a pasture pest in the northern regions of New Zealand since the mid 1990s and is now present throughout much of the country.
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Managing through break feeding
Friday, 18 September 2009
Managing your pasture is not rocket science, all the basic operations have been done for hundreds of years.
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Sweet scheme
Friday, 18 September 2009
A new Beehive ownership scheme has been launched by business partners Darcy Beehre and Luke Foster in the Bay of Plenty.
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Avoiding facial eczema
Friday, 18 September 2009
Facial Eczema (FE) is a condition affecting cattle, sheep, goats and deer. It has its origin from a fungus called pithomyces which grows on dead litter at the base of rye grass.
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A special plant
Friday, 18 September 2009
Clover is a very special little plant indeed – and not just for bees. Belonging to the same family as lucerne and lupins, clover has little nodules on the roots where Rhizobia bacteria live.
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Stimulating your plants' health
Friday, 18 September 2009
Unlike plant food or fertilizer, Nature’s Curator does not add anything to the growing environment. Instead it activates plants’ natural health and growth systems from the inside out.
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