A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
INVESTING IN automated mastitis detection isn’t cheap, yet at present there’s little comparable data to help guide the decision.
TEST SPRING pasture, and supplement, to minimise the risk of poor nutrition hitting this and next season’s production, says Altum.
CALF PENS floored with river stone have been given a thumbs up by Dairy NZ, subject to stocking density.
WILD DOGS, feral pigs and rabbits are the priority targets of a new A$72-million, five-year Australian research project designed to reduce the A$1-billion-a-year damage to agricultural productivity and the environment.
A FARMGARD air seeder and Celli spiked rotor combination turned a major cropping and regrassing project into a simple operation, says Wellsford dairy farmer Paul Shepherd.
STARLINGS HAVE caused at least $9 million damage to farm tractors during the past five years, says rural insurer FMG. Birds love to nest in warm, dry places -- especially tractor engines. But the resulting straw can easily catch fire and destroy a tractor.
ROBOTIC MILKING of housed cows, ‘slow’ and organic foods and bio-energy are three stand-out impressions for 28 New Zealand farmers who arrived home on August 5 from a 25-day tour of Scandanavia that closed with a brief stop in Russia.
WAYNE PERKINS and Nick Wansink travelled recently to Australia to display the Perkinz range of sheep-handling equipment at the Sheepvention field days held yearly in Hamilton, Victoria. Their products received four awards.
THE CRC Speedshow, held recently at the Auckland Showgrounds, featured fast and furious machines young and old.
WHEN DRIVING a genuine motoring icon you tend to forgive shortcomings, especially when you are driving the last of the breed.
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DairyNZ will hold workshops on herd reproductive performance in Northland during August and September in a bid to improve the region's 57% six-week in-calf rate.
A 58-year-old Chinese man was sentenced in Manukau District Court last week for trying to bring a variety of unauthorised plant seeds into New Zealand.
Former fertiliser consultant Jim Galloway takes a scientific approach to nutrient use on his Nireaha dairy farm, west of Eketahuna.
The National Beekeepers' Association is kicking off 'Love Our Kiwi Bees', a nationwide campaign to protect bees. National Bee Week in New Zealand runs from Monday (August 20) to August 24.
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