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Kōrero: Beef farming

Sheep and cattle on easy hill country

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Sheep and cattle on easy hill country

Sheep and cattle graze on hill country near Tikokino in Hawke’s Bay, in 1953. The mob of young ewes is feeding in a block that has been grazed by the cows and calves. Running cattle and sheep together works well, as they do not compete for the same feed, and cattle ingest the larvae and eggs of parasitic intestinal worms, which infect sheep but are not harmful to cattle.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 4 K5744

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Robert Peden, Beef farming – Beef farming in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17320/sheep-and-cattle-on-easy-hill-country (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.