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Author: Allison Beckham

Turning effluent into electricity

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 25, 2016 Allison Beckham

Southland cows are good at producing milk, and now it has
been proven they are also good at producing another useful
staple – electricity.

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Weevils released in trial

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed February 1, 2016 Allison Beckham

Scientists are looking to Chile for a solution to controlling
a weed native to that country.

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Dairy farmer course expansion hailed

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed January 25, 2016 Allison Beckham

The expansion of a Southland-devised course which helps
cash-strapped dairy farmers improve their on-farm processes
and save money ‘‘could not have come at a better time”,
Venture Southland business projects co-ordinator Scott Whyte
says.

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Factory expands in ‘leap year’

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed September 21, 2015 Allison Beckham

The addition of three further milk processing plants to
Fonterra’s Edendale factory – already the largest in the
world by volume – means Fonterra can make a wider range of
products and respond more quickly to demand, …

Otago, Southland cattle herds Tb free

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed September 7, 2015 Allison Beckham

After decades of concentrated effort costing millions of
dollars, bovine Tb finally seems to be on the way out in
Otago and Southland.

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DairyLift farm course trial to be extended

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 20, 2015 Allison Beckham

A Southland-devised course giving cash strapped dairy farmers
practical advice on how to improve farm processes and
finances is to be extended to other parts of the country.

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Bison-beef cattle cross gives beefalo

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 13, 2015 Allison Beckham

What do you get when you cross a bison bull with a beef cow?
Beefalo.

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Effluent pond test tool a first: designer

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed June 1, 2015 Allison Beckham

The designer and developer of a new, high resolution device
to test whether effluent ponds are leaking says it is the
first test in New Zealand which provides farmers with
accurate scientific information.

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Nitrate absorption trialled

Farming, RSS Feed April 13, 2015 Allison Beckham

Scientists are trialling a filter system which they hope will
provide dairy farmers with a simple and cost effective way of
removing nitrates and phosphorus before they reach waterways.

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