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Navigating winter manure application on beef operations

As winter approaches, the challenges associated with the application of manure become more pronounced, so adopting best practices that maximize nutrient utilization and safeguard water resources is crucial. Daniel Andersen, associate professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering at Iowa State University, offers some critical considerations for beef manure application in the winter. Compliance with regulations […]

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The 2023 Country Life Editor’s Christmas Quiz

Test your festive knowledge with Country Life’s biggest quiz of the year, as compiled by Victoria Marston. Best of luck to you — we’ll publish the answers at 8am on Boxing Day, 26 December. So that was 2023 1) What type of creature was Thor, who made New Year’s appearances in North Yorkshire and Northumberland […]

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‘The love we share at Christmas is a refuge. It replenishes our depleted batteries and allows us to go out again into the world’: The 2023 Country Life Christmas message, by Revd Colin Heber-Percy

A safe haven, a refuge for rest and relaxation, the place we feel we belong—the concept of ‘home’ differs for each of us. At Christmas, home is so much more than a physical location: it is all around, says the Revd Colin Heber-Percy. Rest assured, no emperor has given an order or issued a decree. […]

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BTS Cavalier gets into the Christmas spirit | Queensland Country Life

Lucy Kinbacher Editor – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021. Raised on a cattle property […]

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