The teat cup liner is the only component of the milking machine that comes into contact with the cow's teat.

While still a rare sight in New Zealand, self-propelled diet feeders/mixers have been widely available in the northern hemisphere for many years.

Claas' next generation four-rotor Liner swathers offers four models with working widths from 9.3 to 15m and feature telescopic arms, excellent ground contouring, ease of operation and a low transport height.

Originally from Switzerland, Wendel Sidler grew up on a 20ha dairy farm that supported a herd of 20 cows.

Facial eczema is chronic toxicity caused by the ingestion of spores from pasture and their conversion into sporidesmin in blood.

OPINION: Two years into Covid and New Zealand dairy farmers are still struggling to get skilled farm workers from overseas.

OPINION: The wait continues for farmers and contractors looking forward to welcoming overseas workers in the coming weeks.

A free-stall barn has helped a Mid Canterbury family re-frame its dairy business an sustain production through some of the worst flooding their region had been exposed to in 200 years.

New Zealand cheese processors are welcoming a US court decision to reject Europe's bid to have exclusive use of the Gruyére cheese name.

Environment Southland (ES) and Federated Farmers Southland are locked in a dispute over the release of draft limits and targets for nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and E. coli load reductions in the region's rivers, lakes and estuaries.