Drought Recovery Strategies
Table of Contents
- Wrightson Drought Recovery Package
- Pathway to the Future: An Autumn Perspective
- Am I Feeding Enough Today?
- Have I Got Enough Feed for This Month?
- Have I Got Enough Feed for the Winter?
- What Are the Financial Implications?
- What Financial Arrangements Do You Need?
- Drought Decision-Making Principles
- Practical Pointers for Supplementary Feeding
- Supplementary Feeding Levels
- Comparing Feeding Supplements with Grazing Off
- Maintaining Ewes
- Growing Hoggets
- Grazing Off
- Hogget Grazing
- Maintaining Beef Cows
- Growing Beef Heifers
- Off-farm Cattle Grazing Versus At Home Supplementary Hay Feeding
- Pasture Management when the Drought Breaks
- Greenfeed Options
- Brassicas
- Ryegrasses
- Cereals
- Other
- Approximate dry matter production by the date of sowing
- Winter Greenfeed Options
- How Much Feed is needed to Maintain Animals?
- ME requirements for maintenance and liveweight gain in mature ewes (MJ ME/day)
- ME requirements of ewe hoggets (MJ ME/day)
- ME requirements for cattle for maintenance and growth (MJ ME/day)
- Weeks before Term
- Fertiliser Management in a Drought
- Feed Is In Very Short Supply but Finance Is Very Limited or Non-Existent
- Finance Is Very Limited But Feed Supply Is Expected To Be Adequate For Present Stock Numbers
- Shortage Of Feed Is Over-Riding Problem-Some Finance Available For Fertiliser Expenditure
- Nitrogen Fertilisers
- Direct-Drilling Pastures
- Urea as a Feed Additive
- Mating Pathways
- Drought-related Animal Health Issues
- Mating Hoggets or Yearlings
- Delaying Mating
- Delaying Mating By 3-4 Weeks
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Ewe mating weights, weaning percentage and pasture intakes
- To Mate or to Wait?
- Scanning Ewes and Pregnancy Testing Cows
- Building Up Numbers Again
- Crop After the Drought
- Dryland Feed Barley Gross Margin
- Selecting Dryland Pasture Species
- Looking to the Future
- Financial and Taxation Strategies for Drought Recovery
- Financial
- Taxation
- After the Drought-Taxable Income
- Adverse Events Income Equalisation Scheme
- Defer Fertiliser Expenditure
- Livestock Values
- Other Income Support
- Family Support
- Independent Family Tax Credit
- Community Services Card
- University Bursary Allowance
- Income-tested Superannuation
- Transitional Retirement Benefit
- Drought and Animal Welfare
- Stress
Contact for Enquiries
Manager
North Island Regions
Sector Performance Policy
MAF Policy
Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND
Phone: +64 7 957 8313
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