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Ensure calves stay healthy

Young calves should be housed for at least four weeks to ensure they stay warm and are using their energy for growth.

Calf rearing facilities should be set up and maintained well to ensure calves stay healthy.

Published in Farm Health

Hygiene, health routines vital while raising calves

From the get-go, colostrum is the most important source of nutrients for calves.

Heifers that reach target weights make the most successful milking cows, so it’s important to invest in their health from the get-go to ensure a healthy, happy, and profitable dairy farm.

Published in Farm Health

Maize silage – a great tool for managing wet soils

There is a lot of maize silage being fed already and with calving starting and the wet continuing, it looks like this level of feeding will continue into the spring.

For many North Island farmers, the wet weather just keeps on coming.

Published in Management

Lip balm wins gong

St Paul’s Collegiate students, from left, Emma Lobb, Lucy O’Meeghan, Mackenzie Lenton.

Once again, the sharp minds at St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton were the 2023 Young Innovator of the Year Winner at Fieldays.

Published in Management

Let's be more open about ag data

Spring Sheep Milk Co. chief executive Nick Hammond, centre, and chief operating officer Thomas Macdonald accept the Company-X Innovation Award from Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief executive Don Good.

OPINION: The future of agricultural innovation is reliant on the sector being more open with its data.

Published in Opinion

WMS unveils new milking concept

Waikato Milking Systems team, from left Grant Wisnewski, Dave Cassells and Tom Morris at Fieldays last month.

Already well known for innovative solutions in the dairy shed, Waikato Milking Systems gave us a glimpse into the future at the recent National Fieldays.

Published in Management

Fishing and hunting policy 'positive'

Fish & Game NZ chief executive Corina Jordan

The National Party’s recently announced hunting and fishing policy is getting support from hunters and fishermen.

Published in General News

Don't reduce stock, just farm smarter

Herd Homes founder Tom Pow says the claim by some commentators that more cows will cause more greenhouse gas emissions is “a myth”.

Twenty-three years on from founding the iconic company Herd Homes, Whangarei farmer Tom Pow still strongly believes that farming smarter rather than reducing stock numbers is New Zealand's answer to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Published in General News