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Breeds
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Herefords from horns to hooves
Thursday, 22 July 2010
Hereford cattle are a beef cattle breed, widely used both in intemperate areas and temperate areas, mainly for meat production.
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Less stress for more enjoyment
Thursday, 22 July 2010
After two particularly wet winters a ‘tongue-in-cheek’ remark from Janet Poole to her husband Ray resulted in the arrival of Miniature Herefords at the couple’s Matakohe Polled Hereford Stud.
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Age old chicken care
Friday, 18 June 2010
John Seymour’s The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency approaches poultry with typical straight-forwardness.
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Blue eyed whites and Peruvian phenomena
Friday, 18 June 2010
Alpacas are colourful animals. Compared with sheep the colours are stronger and more vibrant, and range from true black through to white.
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RULING THE ROOST
Friday, 18 June 2010
Hugh McKergow has spent the majority of his life around chickens, and remains an enthusiast.
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Red Devons and red shirts
Monday, 24 May 2010
Rolling up to view a paddock of prize Bulls wearing a red shirt is not the brightest thing any journalist has done.
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Keeping cute, gentle alpacas
Monday, 24 May 2010
Llamas are much bigger than alpacas, they have been bred as pack animals whereas alpacas have been bred for their fleece.
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Generations of hardy, natural selection
Friday, 23 April 2010
Highland cattle have benefitted from generations of natural selection amongst the harsh conditions of the remote Scottish highlands and islands.
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Quartering for pleasure
Thursday, 18 March 2010
At its simplest the quarter horse is a breed of horse that excelled over a racing distance of a quarter mile – 440 yards or around 400 metres.
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The horse listener
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Listening is the beginning of Natural Horsemanship, according to Nadine Roth, who aims to make these methods of training, riding and generally communicating with horses, more accessible through one-on-one tuition and one day workshops.
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A cut above the rest
Thursday, 18 March 2010
“Horses are born cheats,” New Zealand Cutting horse Association President, Graeme McInnes, claimed.
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Birth of an alpaca
Thursday, 18 March 2010
Visitors come to the farm, point to a well rounded female alpaca and say, “Is she – um – in calf? In foal? What do you call it with an alpaca?”
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Selecting Alpaca fleece
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Alpacas are generally shorn once a year and with animals of average quality the blanket would be expected to yield up to 2kg in weight, with a staple length of between 7 and 13 cm.
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Beautiful belties adapt to most conditions
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Amber Wood has been involved with farming all her life. “My family farmed this valley from my grandfather’s time, and my father carried on with dairying until a few years back.
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Big-belted beauties
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Overall conditions, such as climate and vegetation are critical to the suitability of a particular breed to an area.
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