Less hot air
OPINION: Farmers won't get any credit for this from the daily media, so Milking It is giving the bouquets where…
The new rules around winter grazing – especially in Southland – are rapidly becoming an election issue.
OPINION: David Bortolussi is jumping out of underwear and into A2 Milk and he bags a $5.5 million compensation package along the way.
OPINION: Consumers around the world are going wild for plant-based innovation and ice cream is no exception.
OPINION: Animal rights activists SAFE are again taking aim at the dairy industry. This time, someone stumbled upon dead calves left on public land in Taranaki.
OPINION: Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters’ assertion that New Zealand farming doesn’t need overseas machinery drivers hasn’t gone down well with farming leaders.
DairyNZ is cautioning farmers against boycotting some rules under the Government’s Essential Freshwater legislation.
Widespread use of genetics for low-N dairy cows could result in a 20% reduction in nitrogen leaching in 20 years, says CRV Ambreed.
The NZ Hereford Association warns farmers not to persist in playing Russian roulette with “bush bulls”.
If you are a dairy farmer, the prosperity of your future lies in your heifers - the future of your herd.
In what is a significant shift forward in the animal welfare space, dairy farmers are more focused than ever on reducing the number of bobby calves leaving their properties.
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A Waikato farmer has been fined $3,900 for not registering 152 cattle under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.
Southland has reached a landmark zero cases of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis but the Government says this isn’t the time for complacency.
An 18-year-old dairy cow in North Canterbury has achieved a rare accolade.
Regenerative agriculture is gaining momentum in New Zealand pastoral farming, says Southland based humates company Southern Humates.
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