COW HEALTH and contentment are important in a Queensland dairy farm positioning itself in the public eye. And the farmer, Greg Dennis, reckons he also gets a bottom line reward because his happy cows are more productive. 

ISN’T IT ironic: we had a cooperative structure that simply made us the preferred company to supply; now we need five-point plans to attract and retain milk supply. 

UNIVERSITY OF Auckland geneticist Professor Russell Snell has been appointed director of the Joint Graduate School for Dairy being opened at the university this year.

AGRIFEEDS LTD’S Time Capsule facial eczema-prevention product is now available in a single bolus for larger cows.

BY BETTER understanding how a cow senses what’s going on, you can reduce her stress levels and make her life easier, say the organisers of a milk harvesting workshop.

A FREE scheme to help dairy farmers lift the reproductive performance of their herds and get more cows in-calf within the first six weeks of mating is being launched this month.

THE MANAWATU Vintage Machinery Club Inc held its qualifying event on March 2 and an instruction/fun day on March 3, in a recently harvested wheat stubble paddock on the property owned by Adrian Noaro on Tane Rd, Opiki, Manawatu.

A SILAGE block cutter is helping a South Island farmer keep his silage stack fresher and has eliminated wastage, says machine importer Webbline.

NEW HOLLAND has won six awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for the fifty most innovative product ideas to go on sale in 2012. These recognise innovation, engineering advancement and impact on the market.

HAWKE’S BAY is empty of stock says Bruce Wills, a local and the national president of Federated Farmers.