Sheep farmer sentenced for animal welfare breaches
A Palmerston North sheep farmer has been disqualified indefinitely from overseeing animals and fined $13,000 for failing to treat flystrike and meet welfare needs of hundreds of sheep.
Improving lamb survival rates is a key focus for New Zealand farmers, especially this time of year.
Major steps are underway to improve the quality of dairy beef calves.
As demand for sexed semen soars, CRV is encouraging dairy farmers to take full advantage of it by using it on the top quartile of their herds.
FIL has launched a new online survey to gain valuable insights into the challenges dairy farmers face in meeting their milk quality and mastitis prevention goals.
Lambing is now well advanced around much of New Zealand, including in areas where drought-like conditions are presenting real challenges for farmers, on top of a poor run of prices for their product.
Irish grassland machinery manufacturer McHale has unveiled the new four-model range of F5 fixed chamber balers.
The recent Fencing Contractors Association of New Zealand (FCANZ) Industry Awards recognises and acknowledges those who exemplify the mission of raising the profile of fencing as a professional trade, delivering high quality work, and adhering to best practice standards.
While we are seeing more and more drones being used in New Zealand agriculture, we’re some way behind the US, where in places like the Midwest, the drones are certainly bigger than Texas.
In a groundbreaking move for dairy farming in New Zealand, Craig Copland has become the first farmer in the country to use GEA’s Manure Decanter system, traditionally used in wastewater and wineries, to enhance environmental sustainability on his Canterbury farm.
Agri-tech company Precision Farming is linking with John Deere’s Operations Centre guidance technology to automate nutrient and spray record-keeping and Nitrogen Cap compliance for farmers.
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Fonterra is investing $150 million on a new cool store at its Whareroa site in Taranaki.
Waikato farmer Jim van der Poel’s foray into dairy industry governance began 25 years ago with a bang.
Meat company Alliance says declining stock numbers in New Zealand were the primary driver behind the closure of its Smithfield…