The Al & Juddy Show
Have you ever spent long nights awake thinking about the role of the different types of ryegrasses?
Or perhaps you pass your time on the tractor questioning Ecotain’s® ability to reduce nitrate leaching?
If so you may want to check in with your health care professional, but in the meantime, Al and Juddy are here to help explain the technical, practical and sometimes humorous implications of forages and animal systems that keep New Zealand farmers leading the world.
Allister Moorhead (Al) is Agricom’s Senior Agronomist and Product Development Specialist & Dr Glenn Judson (Juddy) is Agricom’s Nutritional and Farm Systems Specialist.
For more information about Agricom, their product and management advice, visit www.agricom.co.nz
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Marshdale, where the rubber hits the road
This month Al and Juddy explore the “jewel in the crown” for Agricom - Marshdale, our beef research and demonstration unit which evaluates new forage products and grazing techniques, and provides dat…
You’ve got kale
Hang out with Al and Juddy this month as they do some “kale time” and take you on a journey with this amazing plant.
They cover aspects of biology, farm systems, animal health, and establishment cons…
Summer Brassicas
This month Al & Juddy share their expertise on one of their favourite topics, summer brassicas. Join the lads while they discuss and give examples on linking summer brassicas to farm systems, along w…
Productive and persistent fescues
Fescues are often considered an alternative to ryegrass and can be a great fit in many farming systems. Let Al and Juddy take you through the A-Z of this species, from its history through to relevant…
Relish the rewards of red clover
"It’s a really important species to New Zealand agriculture, particularly now and remember red clover is the driver, it’s not the passenger."
Red clover is a powerhouse in a pasture and can have real…
Ecotain® - the only proven environmental plantain
“It’s pretty exciting science when you can find four separate functions, all working towards a common goal.”
There’s been a lot of chatter about Ecotain and its benefits to the environment so Al and …
What’s not to like about White Clover?
Al and Juddy are back to let us know about the wonder plant that is white clover: how important it is to farmers in New Zealand, the different types and how they are best utilised, its role in nitrog…
Ryegrass Types Explained
"Ryegrass as a species is the single most important plant in the New Zealand economy."
Our animals love to eat it and we love to grow it, but what really are the differences in the varieties of ryegr…
What on earth are Endophytes?
“What that has highlighted is that endophyte has been a very special thing.”
Ever wondered how endophytes benefit the grass in which they live or how they affect the animals grazing on them?
Al Moorh…