Tips for Trucking:With April almost upon us, now is the time to begin preparing your R1s to head out grazing and for the return of your in-calf heifers. By now, you would have contacted your local NZ Grazing Service Manager (SM) to sign your contract and reserve your...

Understanding Facial Eczema in Dairy Cattle Facial Eczema (FE) is a liver disease in ruminants caused by the mycotoxin sporidesmin, which is produced by the fungus Pithomyces chartarum. This fungus thrives on decaying pasture litter when moisture and temperature...

Just this time! A true story, Graham is one of our growers who has been grazing bulls and heifers for NZ Grazing for over 12 years now. Just this time, was what Graham was thinking, right before he rolled his quad over on top of himself. This could have been fatal....

Looking after the Lads – Bulls, bulls, bulls! I know that many of you will probably groan at the thought of bulls arriving on your farm, the peace of your farm system humming along nicely being disrupted by those rowdy, eager to get on with the job bulls! As you know...

Mastering Spring Pasture Management Spring in New Zealand is a magical time on grazing farms. With the arrival of warmer temperatures and increased daylight, pastures begin to burst into life, presenting both opportunities and challenges for farmers. Effective pasture...

Glink Farm has been in the Antonio family since 1884 when Tim’s great grandfather
arrived from Germany. A beautiful farm overlooking Ripiro Beach and Glink’s Gully
near Dargaville in Northland.

We understand how full-on days can be during calving time and thought you might appreciate a quick and easy slow-cooker recipe to throw together earlier in the day so when you get inside at the end of the day dinner is almost all done!
Enjoy!

It is almost that time of year again to begin thinking about preparing calves and heifers for transport to go out grazing or come back home. Transporting young animals is stressful and you want to make sure that they arrive at their destination in good order and are...

Our role here at NZ Grazing is to take on dairy farmers young stock, place them on a grower farm, oversee and manage the heifer requirements along the way and ensure they grow like stink! Both the dairy farmer and the grower farmer put trust in us doing our job well...

Here at NZ Grazing we look after dairy heifer young stock and unfortunately every now and then we end up working with a vet to investigate suspected BVD in a line of heifers. Whether you are a dairy farmer or a beef farmer BVD management should be on your radar. In...