By Dr Clive Dalton Summary of urgent priorities Priority 1 Give the PrimaryITO total responsibility to oversee all New Zealand primary industry training and education (below University level), and to provide basic information for all entering the primary industries. If there was overseas interest, then they could handle that too. Priority 2 Provide the PrimaryITO with … Read more
Daft Laddies. Farming Tales of North Tyne and Rede 50 years on. By Clive Dalton and Donald Clegg An extract from the book – Daft Laddies. Farming Tales of North Tyne and Rede 50 years on (2003) By Clive Dalton and Donald Clegg. If you would like a copy, contact donaldclegg@btopenworld.com Perfection! A beautifully ‘dressed’ … Read more
Shearing preparation, sheep, facilities, yards, woolshed and plant, pressing, branding, documentation By Dr Clive Dalton How to keep shearers and wool handlers happy Ronney ewes waiting to be second shorn Preparing for shearing The key to a trouble-free shearing is good preparation and the thing you must avoid at all costs is to hold the … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton ‘Farmer Prince Charles’ and ‘Farmer King George III’ Prince Charles was once reported as saying that King George III (‘Farmer George’) was a favourite ancestor and he had done a lot of research on him. George III was famous for promoting English textile prosperity by bringing in superfine Spanish Merinos (by … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton A new approach is URGENT New Zealand’s primary industries should be screaming for a new approach to education, using every possible aspect of the Internet access aided by ultra fast fibre. What we are using today is already old technology. The big problem for our future exports is that we are … Read more
Meat from sheep: the law; grading; slaughter; home killing By Dr Clive Dalton Sheep meat image problem Beef producers are fortunate as regardless of age, their animals all produce “beef”. Sadly for sheep farmers where we don’t talk about “sheep meat” as a generic term, there are three products to market – lamb, hogget and … Read more