Livestock
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Stroking Your Way To Higher Milk Yield
A new research study in Germany says, regular stroking of calves not only improves the animal-human relationship but also induces…
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Cut Your Chickens Feed Bill by Fermenting
Fermentation is nothing new to most of us. We’ve either used it with our surpluses for natural food preservation, or…
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Cattle and Water Use
For years now I have been seeing posts and hearing comments from students about the enormous amount of (drinking) water…
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Raw Milk Available for Sale and Delivery in NZ
The New Zealand government have heard their people, allowing public access to raw milk that is packed with health boosting…
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How to Set Up and Maintain Your Own Flock of Chickens
The idea of keeping chickens at home is one that appeals to a growing number of people around the world.…
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Feeding the “Whole” Cow and Chicken
What Our Grandparents Knew About Ecology, Genetics and Ethics: “What does an animal need to have a good life? I…
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Leader Follower Grazing System
A multi-species, leader follower grazing system has recently been implemented here at the Permaculture Research Institute (PRI). Multi-species grazing has…
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BioDigester Wrap Up and Making Thatch
Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast shows the end result of the Bio Digester setup: the gas.…
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Playing with Cow Poo – Bio Digester Routines Part 4
Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast describes the process after the cow manure goes through the biodigester.…
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Milking – Bio Digester Routines Part 2
Tom Kendall from the Permaculture Research Institute Sunshine Coast shows the milking routine with the cows, which follows on from…
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Playing with Cow Poo: Bio Digester Routines Part 1
In Part One,Tom Kendall from PRI Sunshine Coast, shows you the daily process of feeding the bio digester to make…
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Some New Angles on Grazing Cells
The Big Scrub is gone; destroyed by loggers and cattle farmers a century ago. What was once Australia’s largest subtropical…
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