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Working alongside the PGG Wrightson stores and Technical Field Representative network, Onto Farm provides a fast stockfood ordering solution. The Onto Farm team includes trained customer service consultants, readily available to answer phone or email enquiries and quickly process orders. “We...

Successful hogget mating is associated with increased lifetime performance of the ewe. Well managed hogget mating can be a valuable use of extra autumn and spring feed. Sheep reach mature body size as a four tooth, so may still be growing during the first and second pregnancy. Any underfeeding in...

Weaning date is often driven around calf weaner sales with many calves sent directly to sale yards. For those farm systems where significant numbers of calves stay on the property, then the following needs to be considered. In dry summer conditions, feed quality and quantity can become restrictive...

Wairarapa Arable Farmer, Richard Kershaw has worked alongside PGG Wrightson for the last 20 years, growing and selling multiple crops for seed and feed. The Kershaw family owns Moiki Farm on the East Coast, in the flat country between Martinborough and Greytown. The homeblock is 260 ha, with another...

When planning to plant a new crop or re-grass, at least one spray-out of the old crop or pasture should be undertaken. This means spraying the paddock to kill all remaining foliage of the old crop and weeds to allow the establishment of the new crop without having to compete with large established...

We’re committed to providing customers with options for managing their monthly trade account. One solution is the ability to receive invoices on a daily frequency. Read on to find out what this means and why it might be a good option for you. Why are we offering this? Many customers will receive an...

South Island Sheep & Beef Shane Gerken - South Island Livestock Manager The bulk of the on farm lamb sales are now completed, overall the lamb sales have gone reasonable well, as there has been good buying support throughout the South Island especially cropping farmers who are starting to purchase...

Peter Moore, GM of PGG Wrightson Livestock joins Jamie McKay on the country. He says coronavirus and drought is combining to produce a perfect storm and a gridlock which is putting downward pressure on prices.

National Dairy Sales Manager Jamie Cunninghame catches up with Mark Leishman on Country TV.

Brought to you by PGG Wrightson Wool and The Country. The Country's Rowena Duncum kick starts this year's wool report with PGG Wrightson's South Island wool procurement manager Rob Cochrane. It is the middle of crossbred wool season and things are looking busy. The wool growers for 2020 are very...

PGG Wrightson (PGW) are committed to helping our customers achieve better business efficiencies. So, when Dairy Holdings Limited adopted DX2 – a digital document exchange system from Olympic, PGW welcomed the chance to work alongside Olympic to change the way we delivered DHL’s invoices. Read on to...

Perennial grass weeds are a problem on South Island farms and can build up over time, replacing higher producing grasses in your pastures. The one I come across a lot on-farm is the grass weed called twitch (Elytrigia repens), also known as couch. Twitch spreads by its wiry creeping rhizomes and is...

Good management of the ewe flock leading into tupping has significant impacts on next season’s weaning, with potentially an increased number of lambs weaned and heavier weights. The cost of feeding an ewe is fairly constant, but what is often overlooked is the lost production from those ewes with...

Water is a crucial nutrient. It makes up approximately 87 to 88 percent of milk on a volume basis. But how often do we pay care to the quality and quantity of water available to livestock? Water helps animals cool body temperature through saliva, sweat and breathing. Without the cooling effects of...

In New Zealand, our pastoral/cropping soils are usually slightly acidic. Over time, soils become more acidic due to a variety of factors including plant uptake of essential nutrients, leaching, decomposition of organic matter by microbes and the application of certain fertilisers such as elemental...

Forage brassicas form the cornerstone of forage cropping in New Zealand, because they are fast to establish and relatively cheap to grow. The ability to grow a fast establishing abundant feed, high in protein, energy and digestibility for livestock, as well as, in many situations, forming a useful...

Fly struck ewes are unlikely to get in lamb, while other losses come from reduced growth rates and deaths. While effective prevention and treatment of flystrike involves many factors, the cornerstone of any flystrike prevention programme remains the use of effective chemicals. Elanco have developed...