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Showing posts with label beef breeds. Show all posts

Showing posts with label beef breeds. Show all posts

January 22, 2010

New Zealand farm working dogs. The NZ Huntaway

By Dr Clive Dalton The monument to the New Zealand Huntaway at Hunterville. Farmers can buy a paving stone around the bronze sculptor to...

New Zealand farm working dogs. Heading or Eye Dogs

By Dr Clive Dalton In New Zealand the term 'heading dog' or 'eye dog' is used to describe dogs bred to go around sheep and g...

April 3, 2009

Cattle farm husbandry: Beef cattle breeds in New Zealand

By Dr Clive Dalton Early history Cattle were brought to New Zealand in the early 1800s by the first European settlers, to provide milk, drau...

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Dr Clive Dalton: Dr Clive Dalton studied agriculture in UK before teaching animal production at Leeds University. He came to New Zealand to do hill country animal research and then extension/promotion at the Ruakura Research Centre.

Before retirement he taught agriculture at the Waikato Polytechnic. He was awarded the Landcorp Communicator of the Year Award, the Sir Arthur Ward Award for Agricultural Communication, and is an Honorary Life Member of the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists & Communicators.

He is currently an agricultural journalist and technical editor for the website www.lifestyleblock.co.nz, and can be contacted on clive.dalton@gmail.com

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