Cuddling cows
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Mastitis is the result of complex interaction between bacteria, the farmer, the milking machine and the cow.
A flexible milking regime adopted this season on the Lincoln University Demonstration Dairy Farm (LUDF) is going "surprisingly well', says the farm administrator Jeremy Savage.
Clinical cases of mastitis are costly and significantly disrupt the milking routine.
At the end of lactation, dairy cows require a dry period that is sufficiently long to allow the udder tissue to repair and rejuvenate.
For Matamata dairy farmers Michelle and Bill Burgess, one cattle breed is ticking all the boxed for their milkers this mating season.
The team at Alleva Animal Health claim to have developed a world-first formula specifically designed for weaned calves.
A new product has been launched that is said to increase soil productivity, improve nitrogen efficiency and in the end, profit per hectare.
Scientist Dr Bert Quin claims he has developed new fertiliser technology that will help minimise the environmental footprint on many farms.
Nesting birds are wreaking havoc when it comes to rural insurance, causing more than $4 million in claims over the last three years, says FMG.
OPINION: Managing our dairy sector's impacts inevitably attracts a range of views. Should we do more, less or stay the same? We produce the lowest emissions dairy products in the world, so why do more?
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US dairy farmers have a new threat to their business - heat waves.
The news has gone from bad to worse for a2 Milk - the company Synlait had hitched its wagon to.
Six months after welcoming a new chief executive, Maori-owned milk processor Miraka has had to start a new search for a leader.
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