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Farmer Science Day

Here are the presentations from the Farmer Science Day held at Massey University on 23 June.

The theme ‘Science for farmers’ showed how New Zealand’s farming sector and innovative science go hand in hand. Scientists and academics involved in science programmes directly or indirectly funded from farmers’ levies highlighted their progress and the outcomes of that research.

Foetal programming - Lamb performance programmed from conception
Hugh Blair - Professor of Animal Science

Presentation PDF File (206 kb)›

Summary PDF File (34 kb)›

Developments in parasite control - Mastering worm resistance
Dave Leathwick - Team Leader, Applied Parasitology

Presentation PDF File (228 kb)›

Summary PDF File (30 kb)›

Precision farming - Is aerial topdressing uneconomic?
Miles Grafton – Ravensdown Researcher

Presentation PDF File (392 kb)›

Summary PDF File (30 kb)›

Environmental sustainability - A future restraint on trade or the beginning of a new dawn?
Alec MacKay - Principal Scientist

Presentation PDF File (2170 kb)›

Summary PDF File (31 kb)›

Lamb growth on high octane pasture - Ryegrass doesn’t cut it anymore
Peter Kemp - Professor of Plant Science

Presentation PDF File (586 kb)›

Summary PDF File (28 kb)›

Developments in hogget breeding - Earlier mating enhances lifetime fecundity
Paul Kenyon - Associate Professor of Animal Science

Presentation PDF File (106 kb)›

Summary PDF File (30 kb)›

Animal preference for different feeds - Stock can smell the difference
Sarah Pain - Lecturer in Pastoral Livestock Production

Presentation PDF File (312 kb)›

Summary PDF File (30 kb)›

High sugar grasses - Sweeter grass: Improved production?
Gerald Cosgrove - AgResearch Science Leader

Presentation PDF File (388 kb)›

Summary PDF File (30 kb)›

Beef fertility - Fact and myth about infectious diseases
Cord Heuer - Associate Professor Veterinary Epidemiology

Presentation PDF File (185 kb)›

Summary PDF File (28 kb)›

Cattle on hill country - Cows vital to the mix
Steve Morris - Professor of Animal Science

Presentation PDF File (286 kb)›

Summary PDF File (30 kb)›


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