Dairy unity
OPINION: A last-minute compromise ensured that the election of the new Federated Farmers national dairy chair wasn't a repeat of…
The presence of koura (freshwater crayfish) in the Kakahu River, South Canterbury, was one of the highlights of eDNA monitoring and biomonitoring (periphyton, macroinvertebrates and fish) carried out in the Kakahu River in March 2024.
Applying effluent to saturated soils is prohibited, and if a farmer is found to be in breach of this rule, they could face enforcement action.
Odour from farm dairy effluent is increasingly an issue as herd sizes grow and urban boundaries get closer to operating farms.
SIDE 2024 organisers have secured some key speakers for the event. Here are four of the keynote speakers:
Registrations are quickly filling up for the South Island Dairy Event (SIDE), New Zealand’s largest dairy conference.
In 2018, faced with a Salmonella outbreak among his calves and the effects of the subsequent vaccination, Waikato dairy farmer Cole Townsend turned to social media for a solution.
Pat and Shelley Schnuriger’s resolve to reduce their Holstein Friesian herd to 100 cows has proven its worth, with an exceptional percow production backing up their decision.
The New Zealand dairy industry needs more technology managers as much as they need staff on the ground who can milk cows, says a leading Waikato dairy farming family.
DairyNZ’s online platform DairyBase, which helps farmers drive profit and identify positive changes for their farm business, is celebating its 20th year at the Fieldays this week.
Building on their groundbreaking work in mastitis prevention, FIL, a subsidiary of GEA Farm Technologies New Zealand, is collaborating with Farm Medix to introduce innovative solutions to enhance milk quality, improve profitability, and combat anti-microbial resistance (AMR).
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OPINION: Few people have any idea of the huge contribution Jock Allison made to agriculture and to science.
OPINION: A $130 million loan from major shareholder Bright Dairy will only keep the lights on at Synlait for so long.
OPINION: It seems ‘rural travel’ is getting very expensive these days.
OPINION: A global plant-based milk company has confirmed it is not going ahead with its first UK factory.
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OPINION: Just as it's healthy for cockies to get out of the shed and off the farm occasionally to get…
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