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THIS YEAR you’ll have learned the value of even small amounts of rainfall – as if you didn’t know already. You will realise that about half the rain that arrives on your property runs off the farm in winter so the next revolution in dairy farming will be to store winter rainfall and irrigate it in summer. Even if the amount of water stored is small, it may keep your farm alive.
A RECENT Small Milk and Supply Herds (SMASH) field day near the Manawatu township of Sanson attracted 50 farmers.
THE BENEFITS of keeping stock out of waterways with fencing can be boosted by a planted margin, which will help improve water quality.
WHAT’S A cow’s field of vision? How well do they smell? What is their sense of taste? Do they feel pain as we do?
THE NEW Zealand head of the world’s newest standalone animal health business, Patrick Dorahy, is enthusiastic about what it means for farmers, vets and pet owners.
THE DAYS of observing and physically examining each cow to discern abnormal rumen function will soon be a thing of the past, says the developer of the world’s first wireless device to track the health and fertility of cows.
ABOUT 80% of the milk sourced by Riverina Dairy factory in Albury, Australia, comes from Riverina Milk, which runs 1500 cows at Corowa.
THE FIRST-CONCEPTION rate of non-cycling cows can be improved 50% by combining a progesterone implant with a cycling programme, say Australian vets who studied 19 dairy herds.
STRONGER ROOF trusses are allowing Herd Homes to span up to 20m, so farms can retro-fit the Waikato firm’s roofs over existing yards and pads.
EXHIBITORS AT the one-day Effluent Expo in Waikato last month say good farmer turnout shows demand for specific advice.
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NO JOB is too big or too hard for Numedic’s new pond mixer, says company director Peter Reid.
BEST BARS Ltd makes alloy decks for most 1-tonne ute models carrying heavy loads.
Construction of Fonterra's new $126 million UHT milk processing plant in Waitoa has taken another step forward with the site's blessing attended by Prime Minister John Key.
Twelve Indonesian farmers chosen as part of a Fonterra scholarship programme in Indonesia visited the cooperative's Te Rapa manufacturing site on Wednesday on the final leg of their 10-week training course in New Zealand.
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