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Anexa News & Vet Advice
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Another Tough Spring – what’s your herd body condition looking like?
Dec 6, 2017 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Farm systems
With mating almost over now, it is a good time to start planning how you are going to maximise cow production and...
Facial Eczema
Dec 2, 2017 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Farm systems, Minerals
Facial eczema is a cause of major production losses in dairy herds. Although the offending fungus is present all year...
How to collect a grass sample for spore count testing
Dec 1, 2017 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Farm systems
To assess the facial eczema spore count risk: Select a paddock that you wish to monitor. Cut a handful of grass with...
Turning those winter-damaged paddocks into a positive
Sep 7, 2017 | Dairy, Farm systems
We mentioned last month, that one of the ways to deal with paddocks that have been damaged with pugging in the winter...
How tight is your calving pattern?
Sep 7, 2017 | Dairy, Dairy Farm Reproduction, Farm systems
Days in milk is one of the biggest drivers of production and a tight calving pattern is one of the key influencers of...
What impact is this extremely wet weather having on your farm?
Aug 5, 2017 | Dairy, Farm systems
Sodden, boggy, sloppy, swampy, sloppy, muddy, pugged and “wet as a shag” (as my Nana would have said!). That’s what...
So what is farmacy.co.nz and how could it make your life easier?
Jul 7, 2017 | Compliance, Dairy, Farm systems
Farmacy.co.nz is an online store and electronic dairy diary for our members. With increasing compliance requirements,...
Extensive waterlogging and flooding on farm – animal health focus
May 8, 2017 | Dairy, Dairy Animal Health & Welfare, Farm systems
It’s been a very wet April for everyone as the tail end of cyclones Debbie and Cook hit the area with most farms...