Less hot air
OPINION: Farmers won't get any credit for this from the daily media, so Milking It is giving the bouquets where…
DairyNZ has released its ten policy priorities for the 2020 election.
Many farmers use tail painting for heat detection, a task that can be difficult, time consuming and dangerous – the latter particularly so if staff are climbing or reaching over rump rails in the dairy shed during milking.
Taking the NZ Launch Innovation award for their colostrum management system in the 2020 Fieldays Competition, Antahi Innovations were building on their previous winner the Trusti Tuber.
Both sides claimed a victory of sorts in a recent High Court case that tested the criteria for labelling phosphate rock as reactive phosphate rock (RPR) in the New Zealand market.
Nineteen-year-old Ashlee Ennis is thrilled she has got a job on a dairy farm after recently completing three-weeks of GoDairy Farm Ready Training with DairyNZ.
It's that time of year again — planning for maize.
The overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction has delivered another disappointing result.
Vet and director of Matamata Veterinary Services, Greg Jarratt on managing health issues arising from fast-growing winter pasture.
Nutrition consultant to AgriVantage, Natalie Chrystal on the role of whey-based milk replacers during calving.
OPINION: New Zealanders have become disconnected from reality and what makes good Government policy.
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OPINION: Crunch time is approaching for the country’s agricultural contractors.
With the passing of the Government’s new rules to protect and restore fresh waterways, DairyNZ says it’s turning its attention to what this now means on-farm.
The country's second-largest milk processor says it isn’t surprised at the big drop in whole milk powder prices at the last Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
Federated Farmers says tens of millions of dollars worth of farm production and the jobs of other workers are at risk if the Government continues to dither on allowing a limited number of skilled agricultural machinery operators into New Zealand.
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