Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Recently I've been involved in projects supporting staff selection, some prompted by client frustration at modest response to promotion of roles.
Farmers are being invited to Southern Dairy Hub information meetings to hear about the proposal and its possible benefits.
New research confirms it’s better to sow treated pasture seed early in dry autumns instead of waiting for rain before planting, says seed supplier Agriseeds.
Many farmers are now facing hefty onfarm challenges. While the low milksolids payout is influencing cashflow and profitability, dry conditions are starting to limit pasture growth and milk flows in many key dairy regions.
Peat soils, in their natural state, have high organic matter content, and low nutrient levels and water table fluctuations, so they behave differently from mineral soils in nutrient transformations and cycling.
A 1080 poison drop in the Blue Mountains, Otago, has knocked rodent and stoat numbers down to “undetectable levels”, says OSPRI, which runs the TBfree scheme.
To avoid the cost, hassle and cow discomfort of mastitis in your herd, here are some preventative measures.
CRV Ambreed's highest ranked Jersey bull died this month. Pukeroa TGM Manzello produced 467 daughters in 173 herds in New Zealand alone. He died from a progressive illness.
LIC says its new partnership with a global cow health company is growing the business and providing New Zealand farmers more choice.
Waikato farmers led the way in tractor buying in New Zealand during 2014, and tractor sales approached record highs.
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No such thing as a ‘generic’ towbar exists, says towbar maker Best Bars Ltd. A good towbar is one designed to suit the vehicle it’s fitted to.
A New Land Rover -- Discovery Sport – is the first of the company’s new Discovery vehicle range. The compact SUV seats seven in an optional ‘5+2’ arrangement.
Polaris is adding more grunt to its range of farm vehicles.
Canterbury sharemilkers Steven (‘Sars’) and Ange Hyde are raising their cows to a new level, comments Webbline, whose BvL feed mixer the Hydes bought last winter.
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Bikinis in cowshed
OPINION: An animal activist organisation is calling for an investigation into the use of dairy cows in sexuallly explicit content…
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