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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
Properly detecting mastitis is a very important part of both control and treatment.
The lactation period runs from two weeks after calving until drying off.
Mastitis is the inflammation of the mammary gland which generally occurs as a result of white blood cells being released – the body’s response to invasion by bacteria, usually via the teat canal.
Antibiotic use is under increased pressure because any time we use antibiotics there is an increased risk of bacteria developing resistance.
A New Zealand company providing mastitis diagnostic tools for dairy farmers has announced an over-subscribed capital round to support the continued development and international growth of the business.
Gore dairy farmers Doug and Josephine Dodds are leading their 111-year-old family farm into the future by combining established genetics with more efficient farming infrastructure.
Cambridge farmer Ashlea Kowalski believes strategies that reduce farmer injuries during the calving season are low cost and easily adopted.
John Perrin Scholarship recipients Ashleigh van Uffelen, Palmerston North, and Abbey Dowd, South Waikato, are proof that you don't need to be born and bred on a farm to have a passion for the industry and dreams of shaping its future.
My wife and I recently travelled to England to attend a family wedding in rural Kent.
Organisers of the 2023 Ballance Farm Environment Awards are hoping for a record number of entries.
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New Zealand's wider agriculture sector is full of smart, diverse leaders who, with more formal governance training, can go toe-to-toe with the independent directors of the country's major agri businesses.
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OPINION: When it comes to own goals, this latest gaffe by the Government tops the list.
OPINION: Vegan activists in the UK who recently held sit-ins in supermarket dairy sections across the country have been copping it from consumers.
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