Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
'Tried and tested for more than 15 years’ was a phrase that came to mind when an ex-dairy farmer in Taranaki decided to set up a fencing business in the Manawatu and had a post rammer on the shopping list.
Could it be that pelletised minerals is the thing that makes the difference in a herd? Louise Cook, general manager of the Southern Demonstration & Research Farm for Southern Dairy Hub, seems to think so.
Taranaki and Whanganui farmers encouraged to use their technology to capitalise on a record autumn.
DairyNZ says all cattle, regardless of their purpose, must be treated with care and respect as they are being prepared for transport and then physically transported.
DairyNZ says all cattle, regardless of their purpose, must be treated with care and respect as they are being prepared for transport and then physically transported.
Moving Day is the busiest day of the year for livestock movements.
Over the past few weeks, farmers have begun to receive herd mating results from their vets.
Cust dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson have advanced their subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) trial with positive feedback from farmers following field days at trial blocks in North Canterbury and Central Otago.
Dairy farmer Thomas Read is one of more than 100 Kiwi farmers trialling a unique plant on their farms to help improve water quality.
ACT primary industries spokesman Mark Cameron gives National a 6/10 for its recently released ‘Getting Back to Farming’ package. He explains why…
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OPINION: As the Galloway Express left Port Taranaki last month with cattle for China, it marked the end of livestock export.
OPINION: Fonterra's impending departure from Hamilton's central business district is causing anxiety among business houses.
OPINION: A recent visit to New Zealand by a delegation of senior Indian dairy industry officials has left a bad taste in the mouth of one dairy industry worker.
OPINION: The late Quee Elizabeth II was the proud owner of 200 or so well-bred Jersey cows, some from Don Ferguson's Ferdon stud in Otorohanga.
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OPINION: An animal activist organisation is calling for an investigation into the use of dairy cows in sexuallly explicit content…
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