Disposable Boot Covers Buyer’s Guide: Cheap, Effective Biosecurity
Sometimes the simplest biosecurity is the best. Disposable boot covers (overboots) let you or your visitors step onto a clean site without tracking in mud, manure…
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Best Stainless Steel Bucket for the Farm, Dairy and Home (Buyer’s Guide)
A good bucket is the quiet workhorse of every farm, dairy, vet clinic and rural household – and the Bainbridge Stainless Steel Bucket 13.7 Litre is…
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Cream Separator Buyer’s Guide: Skim Cream at Home or on the Dairy
Whether you run a few house cows, a micro-dairy, or a lifestyle block that produces more milk than the house can use, a cream separator lets…
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Best Home Cream Separator (Milky 90L): Buyer’s Guide for Lifestyle Blocks
For lifestyle-block owners and small-scale home dairy enthusiasts, a home cream separator is the difference between pouring skim to the pigs and enjoying your own fresh…
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Post-Mounted Cattle Scratch Brush Buyer’s Guide: Full-Body Grooming
If you want full-body grooming for your herd – not just head-and-neck scratching – a post-mounted cattle scratch brush with a pivoting, spring-loaded head is the…
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Boot Disinfection Mat Buyer’s Guide: Stop Disease at the Gate
Footwear is one of the easiest ways for disease to walk onto a property – and a boot disinfection mat is one of the cheapest, simplest…
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Cattle Scratch Brush Buyer’s Guide: Happier, Healthier, Higher-Yielding Herds
Cattle, horses and goats love a good scratch – and giving them somewhere safe to do it does more than keep them content. A well-placed cattle…
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Automatic Dog Feeder Buyer’s Guide: Keep Working Dogs Fed and Dry
Working dogs, yard dogs and farm dogs burn a lot of energy, and a gravity-fed automatic dog feeder lets them access food on their schedule while…
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Cow Lifter Buyer’s Guide: Lift Downer Cows Safely and Comfortably
A “downer” cow – one that’s gone down and can’t rise – needs help to stand, eat and recover, and a cow lifter (sling) is the…
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Calf Puller Buyer’s Guide: The HK Standard for Safer Calving Assistance
When a calving gets difficult, a dependable calf puller (calving aid) can be the difference between a live calf and a dead one – and it…
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