Blue Shed Diary

El Niño is starting to bite across the country. Its effects are predicted to grow even stronger as we enter the summer season. We recently got terrific tech tips for pasture persistence and protecting your pip fruit in an El Niño season, but now it is time to talk about the animals. Joining the conversation for our Tech Talk segment is Dr Andrew Dowling, PGG Wrightson Technical Expert for Animal Production. He has great advice on preparing your stock for an unusual summer.For more tech advice or to ask your own question, send it to [email protected] OR talk to your PGG Wrightson Technical Field Representative.

Welcome to Blue Shed Diary, a podcast for farmers and growers produced by PGG Wrightson. We get insight into what is on the horizon for NZ's farmers and growers after the new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) came into effect in November. As New Zealand and India's relationship grows, there's lots of interest in seeing what opportunities are out there for our Primary Industries from this quickly developing market. Joining the conversation is Richard Rennie: Agribusiness journalist, regular contributor to Farmer's Weekly, and Agribusiness Communications Consultation. He gives us in depth look following his recent travels to India.

Welcome to Blue Shed Diary-- a podcast for growers, farmers and rural communities. With El Niño beginning to make its mark this spring, what can our pipfruit growers be doing to prevent the predicted super dry weather from pipping them at the post with their crop?Joining the conversation for this month's Tech Talk is Technical Manager for Fruitfed Horticulture, Kevin Manning.

For this episode of Tech Talk, we chat Joseph Watts, a member of PGG Wrightson's Technical Team who specialises in agronomy. When the weather is predicted to be super dry or super wet during this super El Niño -- what can farmers do to prepare and how do they keep their pastures growing throughout the season?

Welcome to Blue Shed Diary, PGG Wrightson's podcast for farmers and growers. El Niño is on everyone's lips. Since Earth Sciences New Zealand (formally NIWA) declared it three months ago, we have begun to see 'signs' of this super or godzilla El Niño.Spring has brought a mixed bag of weather to the regions, but the worst of the predicted weather has yet to arrive. So, to get the latest information and for a better understanding of what spring and summer have in store, we turn to Chris Brandolino, Principal Scientist of Forecasting and Media and Earth Sciences NZ.