With nearly two million underutilised dairy calves born annually and the beef price outlook strong, New Zealand’s opportunity to build a scalable dairy-beef system is now.
Farm technology is an exciting frontier, and it's changing how we manage herds.
If there was a silver lining in the tragedy that was Cyclone Gabrielle, for New Zealand Young Grower of the Year, Grace Fulford, it was the tremendous sense of community and seeing first-hand what good leadership looks like.
New research could help farmers prepare for a future where summer rainfall is increasingly unpredictable and where drought risk is rising, no matter what.
Energy costs in New Zealand are rising. Farmers find themselves with ever increasing gas and electricity prices. A group of final year electrical engineering students at the University of Canterbury, Fabian Scott, Kai Ferrier, Kate Dowling and Reuben Jones report on their investigation on-farm energy options on behalf of a farmer in the Waikato. The goal was to develop insights for farmers around renewable energy investment.
A New Zealand-based company is redefining the future of sustainable agriculture and waste management through a revolutionary Biomass Conversion Technology (BCT).
Nestled in Waikite Valley in Rotorua, Stokman Angus is one of the first beef farms in New Zealand to try virtual fencing technology.
It's 100 years for the Hoban family’s Parham Hill Corriedale stud and times continue to change.
Grass silage is pickled pasture, preserved through the conversion of its sugars into lactic acid by bacteria.
The Ministry for the Environment is joining as a national award sponsor in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA from next year).
As an independent review of the National Pest Management Plan for TB finds the goal of complete eradication by 2055 is still valide, feedback is being sought on how to finish the job.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand has launched an AI-powered digital assistant to help farmers using the B+LNZ Knowledge Hub to create tailored answers and resources for their farming businesses.
A tiny organism from the arid mountains of mainland Greece is facilitating a new way of growing healthier animals on farms across New Zealand.
DairyNZ has pulled together tactics that will help farmers improve on-farm efficiency and have positive benefits for the environment. These tactics are based on research, data, and lessons from leading farmers.
The design and construction of an effective dairy effluent system is a complex process.
Effluent can be a source of nutrient loss, contaminants entering waterways, and greenhouse gas emissions.
The team meeting at the Culverden Hotel was relaxed and open, despite being in the middle of calving when stress levels are at peak levels, especially in bitterly cold and wet conditions like today.
The conversion of productive farmland into trees has pretty much annihilated the wool industry.
Tagging thousands of new-born lambs at docking takes precision and tag technology that handles the volume at a good pace.
From nitrogen limits to ecosystem restoration –farmers and catchment groups are leading a new wave of environmental care, says DairyNZ.
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved a rust fungus and a flower weevil to control Darwin’s barberry, a spiny invasive shrub.
Over the past few months, I’ve had the privilege of speaking with many farmers at events and one-on-one.
One of New Zealand's latest and largest agrivoltaics farm Te Herenga o Te Rā is delivering clean renewable energy while preserving the land's agricultural value for sheep grazing under the modules.
Good effluent management on a dairy farm combines a well-designed system with proper processes to ensure the right amount of effluent gets applied to pasture at the right time.
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