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OPINION: On the 2nd of May, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced that the 'government remains on track to ban full…
Physical and mental wellbeing while farming under pressure will be a key subject at the 2015 South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) at Lincoln University from June 22-24.
It's possible to meet nitrogen limits onfarm while remaining productive.
GrainCorp Feeds, formerly BLM Feeds, will officially unveil its new-look at this year’s National Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.
Efficiencies in the dairy industry will be a key subject at the annual South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) at Lincoln University on June 22-24.
What do an entrepreneur, a mountaineer and a television presenter have in common with dairy farmers?
Cows can dance for joy or stretch right out in deep, peaceful sleep because of the comfort of compost-bedding pack barns, says Maury Cox of the Kentucky Dairy Development Council.
The long term future of a dairy heifer can be influenced by events in the first 24 hours of her life.
Dehorning is considered a routine procedure for dairy calves.
Environment will be the focus of Waikato Regional Council at Fieldays.
A new free body condition scoring (BCS) smartphone app will be launched by DairyNZ at Fieldays.
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A small dairy farm at Cambridge has installed the country’s first parallel milking parlour from DeLaval.
DairyNZ scientists are urging farmers to take care when feeding fodder beet to their dairy herds this winter.
This week the annual once-a-day milking conference will be held at Hawera in Taranaki. It’s a chance for OAD famers to hear about the latest scientific data on this aspect of dairy farming and also for people to see other OAD properties.
If you asked the average Queen Street office worker to describe a high input, high output farm they’d probably describe an operation on the flats whose owners relied on PKE and thought little about the environmental impact of their farm.
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