Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
California cow burps are now officially detectable from space.
Satellites caught the belched cow methane in February, according to data analysed by Montreal-based environmental data firm GHGSat Inc.
The satellite was able to pinpoint the location of the methane source, a feedlot in the agricultural Joaquin Valley, near Bakersfield, California.
GHGSat said that if the single feedlot in question sustained the methane output detected by its satellite for an entire year, it would result 5,116 tonnes of methane emissions - enough to power more than 15,000 homes if the gas were captured.
Holstein Friesian excellence was front and centre at the 2025 Holstein Friesian NZ (HFNZ) Awards, held recently in Invercargill.
The work Fonterra has done with Ballance Agri-Nutrients Ltd, LIC and Ravensdown to save farmers time through better data connections has been recognised with a national award.
This past week has seen another round of negotiations between India and New Zealand to produce a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Cautiously optimistic is how DairyNZ's regional manager for the lower North Island, Mark Laurence describes the mood of farmers in his patch.
The Infrastructure Commission has endorsed a plan by Chorus to expand fibre broadband to 95% of New Zealand much to the delight of rural women.
Questions are being raised about just how good the state of the dairy industry is - especially given that the average farmgate payout for the coming season is set to exceed $10/kgMS.