Dreams aren't plans
OPINION: Milking It reckons if you're National, looking at recent polls, the dream scenario is that the elusive economic recovery…
Kiwi cows are rock chicks, so a poll of dairy farmers around the country reveals.
Waikato dairy co-op Tatua Dairy has launched its speciality creams in new resealable pouch packaging.
The Frew family in Ohakune have arguably the largest milking platform in New Zealand – some 4000ha – yet run only 700 cows. The question is why? Peter Burke explains.
Rabobank is holding its farmgate milk price forecast of $7.15/kgMS for the 2019/20 season.
DairyNZ developer animal care and biosecurity, Katherine DeWitt on the new tail shortening laws and better options for tail management.
With winter now well underway, dairy cows are fast approaching the most stressful time of the year.
New Zealand's dairy goat industry is starting research aimed at generating and amassing scientific data on the benefits of consuming goat milk infant formula produced by sustainable farm systems.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says there is unlikely to be much growth in production in the dairy sector in the coming year.
Pioneer forage specialist Ian Williams on the many benefits of feed pads.
Richard McIntyre, head of Federated Farmers sharemilkers section, was right on the money when he described plans to introduce the Farm Debt Mediation Bill as long overdue.
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Five gold coloured semen straws each representing a $2000 cash prize will entice farmers during the artificial breeding season.
Changing expectations of what customers or consumers want from the animals producing their products is one of the driving forces behind the new $25.68 million innovative programme for the dairy industry.
The Northland farmer to farmer learning programme Extension 350 is attracting nationwide attention.
The chair of the Mycoplasma bovis strategic advisory group, MPI’s chief science adviser Dr John Roche, says he wouldn’t wish the disease on his worst enemy.
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