Tim and Rosemary Antonio story – how they improved their quality of life and animal health.
Glink Farm has been in the Antonio family since 1884 when Tim’s great grandfather
arrived from Germany. A beautiful farm overlooking Ripiro Beach and Glink’s Gully
near Dargaville in Northland.
Slow Cooker Korean Beef Recipe
We understand how full-on days can be during calving time and thought you might appreciate a quick and easy slow-cooker recipe to throw together earlier in the day so when you get inside at the end of the day dinner is almost all done!
Enjoy!
Preparing Stock for Transport
It is almost that time of year again to begin thinking about preparing calves and heifers for transport to go out grazing or come back home. Transporting young animals is stressful and you want to make sure that they arrive at their destination in good order and are...
The Rumen – The engine house of the developing heifer
Our role here at NZ Grazing is to take on dairy farmers young stock, place them on a grower farm, oversee and manage the heifer requirements along the way and ensure they grow like stink! Both the dairy farmer and the grower farmer put trust in us doing our job well...
BVD – Bovine Viral Diarrhoea
Here at NZ Grazing we look after dairy heifer young stock and unfortunately every now and then we end up working with a vet to investigate suspected BVD in a line of heifers. Whether you are a dairy farmer or a beef farmer BVD management should be on your radar. In...
Operations Manager’s time in Northland
As operations manager for NZ Grazing Company I get to visit our regions and meet a few of our owner and grower clients. In the last week of June I spent a few days in Northland with Ruth and Kevin who are our NZG team in Northland and also got to visit and meet a few...
May Day, May Day
May Day, May Day Hi to all our farmer clients! As most of you will be aware, here at NZ Grazing we have just been through our busiest time of year with grazing contracts ending and new contracts beginning. This all happens around the end of April/beginning of May....
The Start of April 2023
And here we are at the start of April 2023 – They say time flies when you’re having fun! So far 2023 has given many a roller coaster ride, a crazy year with extreme weather anomalies, many of which I don’t think would be considered fun. It has been heartening to see...
Facial Eczema in Cattle
Facial Eczema in Cattle By Bridget Clark - NZG Operational Manger Facial Eczema (FE) is a disease of the liver caused by a mycotoxin (sporidesmin) found in pastures that affects all ruminants even when they have low exposure to the fungus (Pithomyces...
The Joys of Farming
As I write, we are experiencing what I describe as weather less than ideal for good farming operations. Following droughts in several regions, there have been periods of dry and cold and then extreme rain deluges causing damage to both pastures and infrastructure....