trophyshy 7099 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 New Zealand is a world leader in agricultural research and advisory services. Pastoral agriculture is practiced throughout New Zealand with beef cattle predominating in the Far North, dairying in Waikato and Taranaki, and Sheep farming with cattle in the hills and in the south of the North Island. In the South Island sheep farming is the main form of pastoral agriculture with a sprinkling of beef cattle farmed in the high and hill country and wetter flat areas and some dairying on the flat land of both coasts. Livestock are rarely housed, but feeding of small quantities of supplements such as hay and silage can occur, particularly in winter. Grass growth is seasonal, largely dependent on location and climatic fluctuations but normally occurs for between 8-12 months of the year. Stock are grazed in paddocks, often with moveable electric fencing around the farm. Lambing and calving are carefully managed to take full advantage of spring grass growth. Grasslands have been developed to the extent that the best sheep farms can carry up to 25 sheep per hectare throughout the year. http://www.sheepworld.co.nz/SheepFarming.htm Corn not mentioned once here or anywhere else I could see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Well, I never thought I'd see the grazing habits of NZ sheep on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) New Zealand is a world leader in agricultural research and advisory services. Pastoral agriculture is practiced throughout New Zealand with beef cattle predominating in the Far North, dairying in Waikato and Taranaki, and Sheep farming with cattle in the hills and in the south of the North Island. In the South Island sheep farming is the main form of pastoral agriculture with a sprinkling of beef cattle farmed in the high and hill country and wetter flat areas and some dairying on the flat land of both coasts. Livestock are rarely housed, but feeding of small quantities of supplements such as hay and silage can occur, particularly in winter. Grass growth is seasonal, largely dependent on location and climatic fluctuations but normally occurs for between 8-12 months of the year. Stock are grazed in paddocks, often with moveable electric fencing around the farm. Lambing and calving are carefully managed to take full advantage of spring grass growth. Grasslands have been developed to the extent that the best sheep farms can carry up to 25 sheep per hectare throughout the year. http://www.sheepworld.co.nz/SheepFarming.htm Corn not mentioned once here or anywhere else I could see. Silage is mentioned. Silage is fermented, high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants (cud-chewing animals like cattle and sheep) or used as a biofuel feedstock for anaerobic digesters. It is fermented and stored in a process called ensilage, and usually made from grass crops, including maize or sorghum, using the entire plant, not just the grain. Silage can be made from many other field crops, and other terms (oatlage for oats, haylage for alfalfa) can be used. Maize is corn. Edited July 8, 2008 by Happy Face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3655 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Seriously time to think about bailing out I reckon. Australia is booming on the back of developing worlds clamour for minerals apparently. NZ suffers brain drain, they always looking for good people, good standard of living without the need for £40k a year. Sorry to rain on your parade people but it's a global recession and it has been coming for a long time now. With the collapse of the US sub prime, rising fuel prices and the boom of the chinese and indian economies not being able to continue at the rate they have been for the last couple of years, it was just there, waiting. One of my biggest clients is an auto manufacturer and recently the word has come out from the parent company, cut costs and lose people. And these guys, well lets put it this way, there isn't much bigger when it comes to volumes sold but this is how they are preparing not just here, in every country the produce vehicles. Oh and don't worry NZ will suffer, they don't have enough resources to feed the four million sheep and three people. grass feeds the sheep tbf. Fucking hell man, do you think NZ is a land of mines and minerals? Grass is their only resource. That and misplaced U's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7099 Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 New Zealand is a world leader in agricultural research and advisory services. Pastoral agriculture is practiced throughout New Zealand with beef cattle predominating in the Far North, dairying in Waikato and Taranaki, and Sheep farming with cattle in the hills and in the south of the North Island. In the South Island sheep farming is the main form of pastoral agriculture with a sprinkling of beef cattle farmed in the high and hill country and wetter flat areas and some dairying on the flat land of both coasts. Livestock are rarely housed, but feeding of small quantities of supplements such as hay and silage can occur, particularly in winter. Grass growth is seasonal, largely dependent on location and climatic fluctuations but normally occurs for between 8-12 months of the year. Stock are grazed in paddocks, often with moveable electric fencing around the farm. Lambing and calving are carefully managed to take full advantage of spring grass growth. Grasslands have been developed to the extent that the best sheep farms can carry up to 25 sheep per hectare throughout the year. http://www.sheepworld.co.nz/SheepFarming.htm Corn not mentioned once here or anywhere else I could see. Silage is mentioned. Silage is fermented, high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants (cud-chewing animals like cattle and sheep) or used as a biofuel feedstock for anaerobic digesters. It is fermented and stored in a process called ensilage, and usually made from grass crops, including maize or sorghum, using the entire plant, not just the grain. Silage can be made from many other field crops, and other terms (oatlage for oats, haylage for alfalfa) can be used. Maize is corn. A supplement though, in small quantities, not their main food source, which is grass. To be fair NZ does feel a little like the fifties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7504122.stm Cripes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15873 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7504122.stm Cripes! Northern Rock won't be the last bank the UK government has to step in and "save", either. The seriously dodgy mortgage lending pursuits of the last five years (plus) are about to come back and bite us in the arse quite spectacularly. Hold on to your hats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7504122.stm Cripes! Northern Rock won't be the last bank the UK government has to step in and "save", either. The seriously dodgy mortgage lending pursuits of the last five years (plus) are about to come back and bite us in the arse quite spectacularly. Hold on to your hats... Probably not so much your hats you should worry about holding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15873 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7504122.stm Cripes! Northern Rock won't be the last bank the UK government has to step in and "save", either. The seriously dodgy mortgage lending pursuits of the last five years (plus) are about to come back and bite us in the arse quite spectacularly. Hold on to your hats... Probably not so much your hats you should worry about holding. Well, they'll soon be worth about as much as the rest of our "assets". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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