South Canterbury farmers have a chance to join a Pleasant Point workshop on Friday, October 14 showing them how to irrigate efficiently to cope with dry conditions.

With summer to hand, forward-thinkers will be replenishing their woodsheds – a back-breaker or a breeze depending on the machinery used.

With the start of grass harvest just around the corner, twin rotor, centre delivery rakes will be getting pulled out of winter storage for a fettle up.

During lactation, cows can become infected with contagious or environmental mastitis bacteria.

After calving, heifers are often uncomfortable because of swollen udders (oedema), and may be difficult to move, handle and milk out.

Body condition score (BCS) will increasingly be adopted as a measure in welfare assurance schemes, so scoring must be accurate throughout the BCS range, say DairyNZ’s Chris Leach and Jacqueline McGowan.

Dairy effluent is a great source of nutrients for growing pasture.

Recently there has been an increased dairy industry focus on getting more out of pasture.

Students at a recent Waikato school farm field day scrutinised their growing and yield of chicory as a summer crop.

Markus Woutersen has just begun his dairy career but his low cost operation is already attracting industry attention.

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