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Farm water supply needs careful management

One good thing about a serious drought is that it makes people in both town and country realise that if it doesn’t rain, how very vulnerable we humans are, especially farmers who rely on pastures to make a living. Suddenly people are realising that water is a lot more important than oil – and that … Read more

Farm working Dogs in New Zealand. 9. Basic Nutrition

By Dr Clive Dalton  There’s a mountain of information available these days on the nutritional needs of dogs.  And yet, there are still far too many dogs that are not properly fed – not through intentional neglect but through ignorance.  Unfortunately nutrition is not an easy subject, and you can easily get lost in the … Read more