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OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
An on-farm trial using new testing technology shows around half of high somatic cell count (SCC) cows could be positive with serious undetected Staphylococcus aureus infections.
Auckland "transplants" Donovan Croot and Sophie Cookson are living the dairy farming dream in Taranaki as 50/50 sharemilkers of a Holstein Friesian herd.
When the door slammed shut on New Zealand in March 2020 it also closed the gate to one of the viability fundamentals of the country’s livestock industry – stock auctions.
The recently released NIWA weather outlook for this summer makes interesting reading.
OPINION: The consultation period for the Government’s emissions pricing plan for agriculture is closing as I write this.
OPINION: Around the traps, rumours are flying as to who scuttled the so-called joint agri sector response to dealing with agricultural emissions.
Dairy cows that chomped on industrial hemp produced milk that contained the psychoactive compound THC, as well as CBD and other cannabinoids, according to new research published Monday in the journal Nature Food.
A dairy ice cream, that doesn't come from a cow. Yes, you heard that right!
Members of the Climate Change Commission will meet leaders of Groundswell, in a sign that the Government might finally be realising the lobby group's influence.
The late expansion of Three Waters to Five by Minister Nanaia Mahuta seems to have caught her own Cabinet colleagues out, with even the Prime Minister's office taking a while to get its spin straight on this one.
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Organisers of National Fieldays say the Hauora Taiwhenua Health and Wellbeing Hub has tripled in size for this year’s event.
Even though it seems unobtainable for many young farmers in today’s dairy industry, there are still some who are set on owning their own farm.
Former Fonterra senior staffer Wendy Paul has been appointed the new chief executive of specialised training provider Growing Future Farmers.
Slow pasture growth over the last couple of months, combined with a wet October and lack of sunshine, could see cows short on crucial energy, fibre and protein as mating gets into full swing across the country.
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