Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
FONTERRA HAS launched a campaign to lure more suppliers.
Fonterra farmers understand why the co-op has slashed its forecast milk payout this year, says Shareholders Council chairman Ian Brown.
THE ALL-NEW Subaru WRX, launched in New Zealand early 2014, has been named Performance Car of the Year in the NZ Autocar awards.
WELLINGTON COMPANY Spitfire-Revolution has unveiled new effluent pond and tank mixing and spreading technology.
Farmall tractor maker Case IH will soon launch a new range – the Farmall C, Farmall U and Farmall U Pro series of utility models.
CHRISTMAS ARRIVED early for Tokoroa dairy farmer Allan McDonald, winner of the SourceNZ ‘Win a Tractor’ competition.
Australian farmer Charlie Coote was impressed when he first saw the Tow and Fert Multi 1000 fertiliser applicator at the National Fieldays in New Zealand some years ago.
NEW HOLLAND has completely redesigned and upgraded the T4 tractor range.
Dairy calves in Australia are predominantly reared in groups from birth until weaning. This results in the communal feeding of milk which may be once, twice or three times daily in non-automated systems.
A DAIRYNZ project is looking at the value in individual cow feeding. The project aims to provide robust information to farmers who are considering investing in computerised in-shed feeding technologies and those already using these systems.
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Heat stress is a big issue dairies must address during the hot weather.
IT’S TIME to start doing things better to reduce the number of animals affected by facial eczema, says veterinarian Emma Cuttance.
Longland Dairies, near Hinds, Mid Canterbury, was the supreme winner of the 2014 Dairy Business of the Year competition.
A Northland businessman is developing an environmentally friendly system of cleaning and reusing dairy shed washdown water; he says it will reduce costs and control nitrogen runoff.
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