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KIWIFRUIT PAGE 10
AUTUMN FERT PAGE 16-17
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SHEEP & BEEF PAGE 16-17
DAIRY PAGE 20-23
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FORESTRY PAGE 28-29
RETIREMENT PAGE 35- 37
LIFESTYLE FARMING PAGE 40-45
April 2016 Issue No.188
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Eel-dairy farm future? Dairy farmers may also be eel farmers in future, using cow effluent to grow algae and zooplankton to feed them. Charlie Young, of Raglan Eels, a colleague of the late Charlie Mitchell who successfully bred eels and whitebait at Raglan, was among the presenters at a field day outlining the results of a trial investigating an alternative use for dairy effluent – see stories pages 30-31. Photo Elaine Fisher.
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