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Premium dairy brand Lewis Road Creamery is switching to recycled (rPET) bottles for its milk range from the end of August.
Weaning based on calf weight and meal intake will help calves develop into healthy heifers, says DairyNZ.
DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel says the dairy sector and Fonterra has benefited from John Wilson’s “inspirational leadership” for over 20 years.
Politicians and agribusiness leaders are taking to social media to pay tribute to outgoing Fonterra chairman John Wilson.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson has stood down from his position as he recovers from a recent serious health scare.
With calving 2018 here, farmers must consider the risk that feeding raw milk (unpasteurised or not acidified) may transfer disease within a dairy farm and/or between farms.
Trace element deficiencies can reduce growth rates in both R1 and R2 cattle, delaying time to service and extending age at calving, says Annie Williams, an Agrimin animal scientist.
In seasonally calving herds all heifers are expected to be fertile and mated at the same time, but their birth dates typically span four-six weeks.
Dairy and beef farmers are being asked to help develop frameworks to control the disease bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD).
An automated RFID heat detection system developed in New Zealand has delivered the best-ever mating result for a Waikato farmer.
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A major initiative launched in the Tararua district seeks to reduce nitrate leaching on 135 dairy farms which can’t get consent for their operations. The hope is to achieve this with a single forage – plantain.
Making your farm a ‘biosecurity island’ can help you protect your business sustainability.
ASB economist Nathan Penny says New Zealand agriculture hasn’t backed great science with great stories.
UK seed company Germinal’s plant breeding programme in New Zealand is progressing well, says general manager Sarah Gard.
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