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CRIES FOR help from Canterbury dairy farmers hit by storm and resultant power blackouts is puzzling.
ISN’T IT amazing how some people love to talk about catastrophy. Last month’s dairy recalls saw some truly jump off the deep end, and just as we were getting through that, others latched onto a New York dairy strategist’s warning that the New Zealand dairy industry could be squashed by a resurgent US one.
SEALESWINSLOW HAS upgraded its Wanganui stock feed mill and says it will provide better service in the lower North Island.
LABOUR SHORTAGES and the need to boost productivity and sustainability may be tipping points for demand for robotic milking systems in the southern hemisphere, says DeLaval’s Oceania market development manager, Mark Smith.
LIC IS extending its annual Calf Club sponsorship to include a KiwiCross champion cup for group day events.
A CHALLENGING time in his first season as a sharemilker has served to set Clarence Stolte (26) on the pathway to success.
SPRING IS usually the time for cultivating paddocks to their best for fresh pasture or crops, cultivating with tillage equipment ranging from mouldboard plough to direct drill.
MATING HEIFERS is seen this season as a good way to replace cows culled in the drought, and more farmers are doing it, says Focus Genetics.
SEVEN YEARS into once-a-day milking of a split herd, life for 50:50 sharemilker Sean Ross has settled to a productive routine.
DAIRYING IN Taranaki produced $1 billion worth of milk in the last financial year, reports industry body DairyNZ as it heads into the province next week for its annual general meeting.
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STRAWS OF LIC’s Long Last Liquid (LLL) semen this spring will all be one colour: yellow.
THE MINISTRY for Primary Industries has reiterated Dairy NZ’s advice to check cattle for symptoms of anaemia as a new strain of tick-borne disease Theileria sweeps south.
A MILD and relatively dry winter, above-average pasture growth rates and little pugging has resulted in high average pasture cover levels on many farms. The challenge over the next few months is keeping control of pasture quality.
IN THE first makeover of its 7R series tractors since their launch in 2011, John Deere is rolling out five new 7R models from 154-213kW power for 2014.
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