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OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
It was the battle of the wearables at the recent Lincoln University Demonstration Dairy Farm Focus Day with presentations of three different electronic monitoring and management systems.
In a move that reminded everyone of the SAS motto, 'Who dares wins', Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor and industry leaders met at MilkTest NZ's Hamilton facility to announce a significant milestone in the efforts to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis.
Fonterra Ingredients business has launched a new global e-commerce website for customers.
The first aerial compliance inspection of the winter grazing season in Southland will start next month.
Dairy goat farmers are facing a double whammy: a sharp drop in milk payout and reduced quota to supply the country's sole processor.
Outspoken Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis is stepping down from the farmer lobby after 17 years of service.
Successive drops in global dairy prices mean the next season's opening milk price forecast is being trimmed back.
A record milk payout for this season remains on the cards - but breaking the $10/kgMS ceiling will be a stretch.
It's coming around quickly again: Moving Day.
Moving Day is the busiest time of the year for livestock movements.
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Lameness in dairy cows can have a significant effect on a businesses' bottom line, with vets suggesting that each case has a cost implication of $400-500, made up of increased labour, vet bills, drugs and of course lost production.
While Controlled Traffic Farming (CTF) has become increasingly popular over the last decade, German company Amazone is looking to take things further, by placing an emphasis on individual rows.
New Zealand engineering firm Strainrite has been manufacturing its own pigtail standards for many decades, working closely with farmers to design and produce standards that are free of the faults farmers say are often found in cheaper, imported brand.
Available in working widths of 3, 3.5 and 4 metres, Amazone’s new Centaya-C harrow-mounted seed drills are said to allow precise seed metering and exact depth placement at operating speeds of up to 12 km/h.
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