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PRICE NEGOTIATIONS between supermarkets and farmers tops the Australian Federal Government’s green paper on competitiveness in the agriculture sector.
New Zealand's dairy industry has many success stories; hard work, R&D and sacrifice have paid off for innovators and entrepreneurs.
Federated Farmers chief executive Graham Smith last week spoke at the Future Farms Conference in Wellington. Here are excerpts from his speech.
NEGOTIATING A fair contract will be the first topic offered by Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) at its new Dairy Modules events for members, starting next month.
WHETHER MOTIVATED by profitability or a drive for continuous improvement, growing staff productivity is an ongoing challenge facing all businesses.
The New Zealand dairy industry is urging Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) partners not to compromise on the quality of the deal to get it done quickly.
IT’S WEANING time for the first of the calves from the trial at Massey University looking at possible benefits of differing milk diets and machine feeding compared with hand feeding on calf growth rate and subsequent performance of dairy cattle.
MECHANICAL CULTIVATION of paddocks for producing summer forage or fodder crop happens at a time when high intensity local storms are common, adding substantial risk to the practice.
DairyNZ faced pointed questions about the sector’s staff shortages at its annual meeting earlier this month, but the day after, on a field trip, the board and senior management heard one farm’s solution.
FARMERS could safeguard next year’s calves against Theileria by treating cows for ticks in summer according to senior Vets North vet Mark Anderson.
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AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers must watch out for mycoplasma as an emerging cause of untreatable mastitis, says Dairy Australia.
THERE ARE two key ways to achieve high per-cow performance: getting a good peak production level and having good persistence throughout the lactation. This is achieved by minimising the rate of post-peak decline and achieving a long lactation length.
THE OWNERS of the world’s largest robotic farm under one roof, Aad and Wilma van Leeuwen, say they were particularly attracted to the DeLaval robotic milkers due to the Herd Navigator technology.
CLUSTERS LEFT on too long result in over-milking, liner creep and teat end damage, says DairyNZ.
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