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A vessel ordered to leave Tauranga earlier this month has been allowed to return after being cleaned outside New Zealand, says the Ministry for Primary Industries.
The new fourth generation Valtra A series tractor appears to have piggybacked on sister company Massey Ferguson’s 4700, 5700 and 6700 series.
Mike Silson and his wife Claire operate Riverlea Contractors from their home in Hawera, south of Mount Taranaki.
Global dairy giant Yili Group has announced a major expansion plan for its Oceania Dairy plant at Glenavy, south Canterbury.
The latest DairyNZ science and innovation will be revealed at Farmers’ Forum events across the country in May.
The simplest devices can sometimes give the best results.
A 2011 study of teat spray use on 300 New Zealand farms discovered that 60% of dairy farmers were either mixing or using the products incorrectly.
New proposals pending, from August 1, for safe handling of bobby calves, pose fresh challenges for stock handlers.
The funding of research into facial eczema (FE) and bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), and better use of antimicrobials and disease management on dairy farms, has been boosted in the latest Sustainable Farming Fund round.
Some milkers in New Zealand could be lifting 1500-1800kg during each milking, and so doing a lot of work, says Josh Wheeler, a milk quality consultant.
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Latin America may have been the unexpected cause of the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) overall price index rising 1.7% last week against expectations, says ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny.
Research at the universities of Otago and Auckland is aimed at developing and field testing new teat sanitising products within two-three years, to control bovine mastitis.
While Westland Milk Products suppliers and staff struggle through a tough season, milk processing goes on.
This season was among the most difficult for cropping I have ever experienced.
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