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Guilty plea over bobby calves

The man who was charged in March this year over alleged bobby calf offences has pleaded guilty to all 10 charges.

Taking the heat out of detection

LIC now offers automatic heat detection in herringbone sheds.

Heat detection and getting cows back in calf has the potential for a marked effect on the bottom line of any dairy operation.

Keeping Johne’s at bay

Help is at hand for dairy farmers facing Johne's disease in their cattle, says LIC.

Farmers, vets gang up on scours

Guy Oakley of Coastal Vets, Taranaki (centre) with farmers Megan and Brendan Forsyth; a successful collaboration helped them overcome rotavirus scours.

Neonatal scours can badly affect dairy calves and make it difficult for herd owners to raise enough healthy replacements.

Super smart ‘dashboard’ to monitor effluent

Halo range dashboard cover most of a farm’s needs on one display.

Two respected suppliers to the dairy industry have united in a joint approach to 'super smart' effluent monitoring and control.

Low cell count should remain high priority

Commonly I hear farmers say, "Why bother with low cell count when there are no financial incentives from my dairy company to maintain a low bulk somatic cell count?"

Where there’s a chill, there’s a way

Steve Corkill (left) and Brad Sulzberger.

The simplest ideas are often the best, and so is the case with the CSL Chillboost, with potential to save dairy farmers money as they strive to meet the new milk cooling rules.

European sprayer secures marketing deal

Cropland spray equipment will now be distributed by Norwood Farm Machinery.

Norwood Farm Machinery Centre has been appointed the preferred distributor of Croplands spray equipment in New Zealand.

Nozzle cleans up the bottom line

With water a finite resource under the spotlight, savings are always welcome.

Feeding using the KISS system

While New Zealand is the land of the bale feeder that cleverly unrolls a bale in the paddock, much feed is wasted when stock trample it on the ground.