MANY livestock farmers have turned to maize to deliver a portion of their winter feed requirements, others; particularly in the traditional sugar beet growing areas continue to rely on both sugar beet ...

Fodder beet is a high-energy forage crop, consistently providing metabolisable energy (ME) of 12 MJ/kg dry matter (DM), improved livestock performance and outyielding alternative options. What’s more, ...

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is encouraging farmers and growers who have planted certain varieties of imported fodder beet seed to check their crops for the presence of an aggressive ...

SOME livestock farmers have turned to maize to deliver a portion of their winter feed requirements, but others -- particularly in the traditional sugar beet growing areas -- continue to rely on sugar ...

Could fodder beet crops provide feed supplements for Northland farmers during summer droughts? Fodder beet is a crop that has been used in Europe since the Middle Ages. In New Zealand, it has been ...