No to pines
OPINION: Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs,…
Effluent managed well is a nutrient and a benefit to your farming practice, says Pye Group’s Michelle Pye.
Politicians are promising to improve water quality within five years.
Smart irrigation is a practical way for irrigators to implement and demonstrate good management practice, says Irrigation NZ.
Yard washing, pumping and effluent screening gear will be on the GEA site at the Effluent Expo at Mystery Creek. The expo will be held on November 27 and 28.
Reid and Harrison’s effluent expertise dates back at least 50 years, but it gained big traction in the early 1980s with the launch of its Yardmaster pump.
New Zealand farmers can learn plenty about effluent management from their European counterparts.
Getting the biggest bang for your buck out of fertiliser while protecting economic and environmental bottom lines is a key goal for farmers.
Timely advice from respected experts will feature in regular seminars during the two-day Effluent Expo at Mystery Creek Events Pavilion on November 27 and 28.
Every mating season, veterinarians are called to fresh calved heifers presenting with unexplained severe forelimb lameness. This could be down to copper deficiency.
DairyNZ has redeveloped and updated a reproduction knowledge course known as the InCalf training programme.
More...
The ability of dairy cows to use feed to produce higher quantities of milk is a genetics issue, says the world’s largest dairy farmer cooperative.
A few minutes can make all the difference to saving or losing a paddock to pugging on a West Coast dairy farm.
The 2017 Central Plateau Share Farmers of the Year, Carlos and Bernice Delos Santos, says entering the Dairy Industry Awards was one of the best career decisions they have made.
Nominations have opened for the 2019 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year.
Milking It
Cut with care
OPINION: NZ farming is built on hard work, but also on innovation, a lot of which came about thanks to…
Popular Reads
Farmlands and Barkers partner on new range
Rural retailer Farmlands has launched a new casual clothing range available across 42 stores nationwide and through its online store.
'Our leaders are betraying farmers'
OPINION: New Zealand farmers have been sold out, not just by the Government but by our own industry leaders.
Top farm consultant predicts early end to Waikato dairy season
A leading farm consultant says it's likely the dairy season in the Waikato will come to a premature end because…
