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Our consultants are seeing plenty of Grass Tetany out in the field this Winter!
TRAC Experts In Ruminant Productivity are noticing plenty of Grass Tetany in our animals this Winter!

Molly Kuchel
Jul 15, 20221 min read
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TPM - Getting you on TRAC with the TPM Lambing Program
Hot off the press is the TRAC Performance Minerals Lambing Program... Preparations for ensuring your lambing season is a success is a...

Molly Kuchel
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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Dairy Stress in Calving
We explore the daily activities impacting stress on dairy cattle leading into calving.

Molly Kuchel
Jul 5, 20221 min read
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WHY DO WE LEAD FEED?
By Mikaela Baker, (B. Ag Sci), TRAC Ruminant Productivity Consultant Lead feeding is a targeted diet for cows 21 days pre-calving that...

Rebecca Thorn
Jul 1, 20222 min read
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Check out these TPM Ready Reckoners...
Hot off the press are these new TRAC Performance Minerals Ready Reckoners... A quick reference guide to your investment in your stock...

Rebecca Thorn
Jun 30, 20221 min read
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NDFd - Neutral Detergent Fibre Digestibility
By Mikaela Baker, (B. Ag Sci), TRAC Ruminant Productivity Consultant Neutral detergent fibre digestibility (NDFd) has become a central...

Rebecca Thorn
Apr 14, 20224 min read
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FERTILISER PRICING - WHAT CAN I DO?
By Rick Jordan, Agronomist of Rick Jordan & Associates and Gambier Seeds Firstly, this is not a time for panic, fertiliser IS available,...

Rebecca Thorn
Apr 8, 20224 min read
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HOLSTEIN STEERS FOR BEEF PRODUCTION
By Mikaela Baker, (B. Ag Sci), TRAC Ruminant Productivity Consultant Holstein beef is an established market in the USA but has not...

Rebecca Thorn
Mar 1, 20223 min read
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TRAC Beef & Sheep Newsletter - Summer 2022 Edition
Evaluation, goal setting, tools and execution are all very important tasks that need to be performed to achieving a profitable result....

Rebecca Thorn
Feb 15, 202212 min read
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MANAGING OVER-CONDITIONED BEEF HEIFERS
By Owen Rees, Senior Productivity Consultant, Total Result AG Consulting How do we give our heifers the best chance to calve down,...

Rebecca Thorn
Feb 15, 20223 min read
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YOUR GUIDE TO A SUCCESSFUL LAMBING
A successful lambing program will focus on: Ram Preparation Pre-Joining preparation of Young Ewes Pre-Joining preparation of Flock Ewes...

Rebecca Thorn
Feb 15, 20229 min read
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Generating a Greater Milk Yield with Higher Margins when it Really Matters
By Mikaela Baker, (B. Ag Sci), TRAC Ruminant Productivity Consultant 2022 has begun and scheduled milk prices for most farms are...

Rebecca Thorn
Jan 17, 20224 min read
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INTENSIVE FEEDING PROGRAMS: What is your strategy?
Confinement Feeding or Intensive Feeding programs are implemented either as a strategy to complement existing farm feed platforms by...

Rebecca Thorn
Dec 22, 20213 min read
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HEALTHIER CALVING
By Mikaela Baker (B. Ag Sci), TRAC Ruminant Productivity Consultant Earlier this year Owen Rees wrote an article on how to feed and...

Rebecca Thorn
Nov 19, 20214 min read
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POOR ENSILAGING CONDITIONS
Silage can be tricky to nail at the best of times. What makes great silage is multifactorial in the parameters we are chasing, such as...

Rebecca Thorn
Nov 3, 20216 min read
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GRAZING SUMMER CROPS
Whether it is part of your pasture rotation or a designated crop to “finish’’ animals on, many farmers this year have planted forage...

Rebecca Thorn
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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TRAC Beef & Sheep Newsletter - Spring 2021 Edition
As consultants we are regularly questioned on what it is like elsewhere, often the answer is “it’s all relative”, relative to rainfall,...

Rebecca Thorn
Nov 3, 20219 min read
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GETTING THE BEST OUT OF PASTURES & CROPS
With the sun out and many areas having an early Autumn break plant growth rates are the highest they have been for years. Plants are...

Rebecca Thorn
Jun 15, 20214 min read
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GRASS TETANY
Autumn is coming to a gentle close as we prepare for winter, hopefully bringing more rain and with that, more feed. Hand feeding is...

Rebecca Thorn
Jun 15, 20212 min read
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TRAC Beef & Sheep Newsletter - Winter 2021 Edition
As consultants we are regularly questioned on what it is like elsewhere, often the answer is “it’s all relative”, relative to rainfall,...

Rebecca Thorn
Jun 15, 20217 min read
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