A new study has found that dairy farmer investment in composting shelters is being driven largely by a desire to tackle environmental challenges, improve animal welfare, provide labour efficiencies and better working conditions for staff.

In line with its motto “Next Generation Farming”, GEA recently announced innovations in the field of conventional milking at EuroTier.

Updates to animal evaluation being made this month are designed to give farmers more confidence in the data and better reflect their individual herd.

The chance to hear a leading US maize researcher at the Foundation for Arable Research’s premier maize event in early 2023 is described as a “once in a lifetime” opportunity.

OPINION: It's promising that the Government has adopted ACT’s long held policy of recognising on-farm sequestration for climate change. They should adopt the rest of our climate policy and take a practical approach to emissions that don’t hammer our agriculture sector.

OPINION: Winston Churchill said “the farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see”.

Climate change could make maize silage a more realistic fodder proposition for South Island dairy farmers, according to researchers speaking at the recent Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) CROPS 2022 event.

Last year saw a major shift in the supply of ATVs or quad bikes in the Australian market, with the Consumer Goods (Quad Bikes) Safety Standard 2019 coming into effect on 11 October 2021.

Fonterra and Nestle are planning to develop a commercially viable net zero carbon emissions dairy farm.

The Rural Capacity Upgrade programme, established in 2017, is on track to provide 30,000 rural homes and communities with faster, improved connectivity.