Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Ian & Carmen Comins, Kihikihi, set up their farming operation in 2018, starting with 80 cows and working on increasing to 110, saw many attractive benefits to putting in robots, starting with just one robot they put another in 2020.
New Zealand's genetics landscape will continue to evolve, says outgoing New Zealand Animal Evaluation Ltd (NZAEL) chair Mark Townshend.
The anticipated El Niño summer is expected to heighten the risk of facial eczema (FE) and SealesWinslow consultant Nutritionist Paul Sharp says getting a preventative plan ready now will help protect animal health and bottom lines.
A study arising from a partnership with Ravensdown, AgResearch and Ngāi Tahu Farming, has created a benchmark approach to testing the health of soils.
It's a wee issue but with a big environmental impact, and a new award-winning technology developed by AgResearch may help farmers to address it.
OPINION: It will take some time before we get any specific detail about how the policy changes signaled by the new Government will impact us here in Canterbury.
OPINION: As the new National-led coalition begins its term in office, there are high expectations that the promises and rhetoric of the election campaign will quickly be transformed into actions.
OPINION: Westpac is the latest bank to tell its farmer clients to meet the climate targets it has set.
OPINION: On tackling methane emissions, global animal health giant DSM will be hoping for a more sympathetic reception from the new Government when it comes to Bovaer, its feed additive that reduces methane emissions in livestock.
OPINION: Greenpeace's criticism of the appointment of farmers’ champion Andrew Hoggard as Associate Minister of Agriculture and of the Environment is baffling.
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OPINION: Dairy farmers are seemingly more upbeat than they were three months ago and there’s a good reason – the change in Government.
The South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) is returning to Lincoln University next year.
The Victorian state government in Australia and its dairy sector have jointly launched a new innovative research programme to improve soil health.
Australian supermarket giant Coles has been given the green light by the competition watchdog to buy two milk processing plants.
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