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Kiwi dairy farmers tend to be lagging behind the northern Europeans in their handling of dairy effluent.
Many familiar, straightforward items of kit do a good job day in, day out. For example, the Zocon modular rubber scraper from importer Ag-Attachments.
Slurry tankers enable dairy farmers to replace inorganic fertilisers with their farm effluents.
Numedic is now in its 25th year of business under the ownership of Peter and Cathryn Reid.
Extra sites, a new strategy and revamped logo will be features of the 2019 Effluent & Environment Expo.
Dr Sean Daly, vet and technical adviser at MSD Animal Health, explains best-practice guidelines for treating cows with clinical mastitis.
Fonterra says the global dairy market remains largely in balance, but is not without some risk.
Global dairy prices dipped slightly in the overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
Selecting the right genetics is no longer only for improving the economic output of a herd, says CRV Ambreed sales and marketing manager Jon Lee.
Tail pant has been shelved by a King Country farm — the first in New Zealand to try DeLaval’s automated cow heat detection.
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The ‘Resilient Dairy’ research launched by LIC at National Fieldays in June is an “overdue but welcome initiative” because New Zealand is lagging in dairy genetics, says genetics company World Wide Sires.
Shawn Southee’s first-ever contest entry was in the Dairy Business of the Year awards. Jill Galloway talked to him about his lower North Island dairy business win.
Lisa Groen is gradually taking over the reins of the family farm, near Te Aroha, Waikato, ten years on from starting to learn the ropes.
Maui Milk is seeking new suppliers of sheep milk located within two hours of Hamilton for a new supply agreement with Danone.
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