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Koromiko – Monitoring Weight Gain on up to 8,000 Dairy Heifers
11/11/2010
You wouldn‘t call Koromiko your average sort of farming operation. In fact, it’s a bit like running 17 farms in one.
The 3,400ha dairy-grazing concern, 35 minutes from Te Kuiti has 17 shareholders and grazes up to 8,000 dairy heifers.
That brings some interesting challenges for stock ... Read more 
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Stonyhurst – Experiencing the Benefits of EID Tracking
11/11/2010
John and Peter Douglas Clifford have farmed Stonyhurst in coastal North Canterbury for 35 years.
The station’s 10,000 breeding ewes, 600 cows and 440 breeding deer hinds are all RFID tagged and it was one of the earliest adopters of Tru-Test’s XR3000 weigh scale.
In other ... Read more
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Mount Linton Station – Managing Genetics Data to Improve Meat Yeild
11/11/2010
Mount Linton Station is a member of an exclusive club – a New Zealand farming operation with more than 100,000 stock units.
Serving that operation is a stud with around 1600 SIL recorded ewes, around 25% of those ram lambs are offered for sale beyond the Station’s gates. The remainder are used ... Read more
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