{"id":16298,"date":"2015-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/country-wide-december-2015\/"},"modified":"2015-11-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-18T11:00:00","slug":"country-wide-december-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/country-wide-december-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Country-Wide December 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Browse the full virtual magazine, by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The December issue of\u00a0Country-Wide\u00a0finishes the year as we started \u2013 packed with top farm management stories and advice.\nBeginning in the December\u00a0Country-Wide\u00a0is a two-part special looking at onfarm health and safety that includes expert advice as well as information from farmers who already have plans in place. Also in this issue, a consultant explains how dairy conversions can still stack up even at a payout of about $5kg of milksolids depending on the system used.\nWe also have stories on top sheep and beef producers, including Dannevirke couple Brenda and Grant Massie who produce easy-care, two-tooth replacements for other farmers. Clients include Hannah and Sam Morrah whose Hawke\u2019s Bay operation also features in this issue.\nYoung Country\u00a0is again packed with inspirational stories including people working with dairy goats, bull beef and mussels.\nEven when busy it pays to take time and smell the flowers. We did with Otago daffodil grower Al Brown who features in our Community section.\nCanine cuisine\u00a0Fuelling your farm\u2019s canine labour units for\u00a0optimum performance can involve a food-fight around data, claims and manufacturers\u2019 assertions.\u00a0Country-Wide’s\u00a0annual dog food guide digests the latest information.\nBig country, big business\u00a0\nTony Plunkett is witness to the benefits foreign investment brings to New Zealand farming businesses on the central Canterbury hill-country sheep, beef and deer operations he manages for the Hawaii-based Erdman family.\u00a0\nPlantain hits and misses\u00a0Results from plantain are encouraging some farmers to grow more of the high-production\u00a0herb while others are rethinking their expectatio\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":16299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t