Fonterra has set the June guaranteed milk price (GMP) at $5.25/kgMS, matching its opening price for this season.

The Australian motoring press, known to take themselves a bit seriously, have been quite dismissive of Hyundai’s large, rear wheel drive, six cylinder sedan, the Genesis. 

Waikato Milking Systems (WMS) is the story of the Kiwi business that turns ideas into cutting edge design and technology, and delivers its products to dairy producers throughout the world.

So-called sacrifice paddocks are a last resort option for protecting wet pasture from the effects of stock trampling in winter.

Safety around effluent ponds is essential. In general the Health and Safety in Employment Act (1992) rules bear on ponds’ operation rather than their design and construction, so they affect the pond owner more than the designer or builder.

Canterbury cropping farmers now have access to a Farm Environment Plan (FEP) template developed especially for their farm system.

Good management practices for water quality in Canterbury are detailed in a new document published last month.

Diary farmers in the Waipa River catchment are being offered free consultancy to develop environmental plans as part of a project to improve the health of the Waikato River. 

Toplink Machinery exhibited at National Fieldays the Tramspread contractor unit, a self-contained system that enables one-man operation and the ability to arrive on farm, set up quickly and spread effluent, then pack up and move to the next job.

An app which sends out a daily text message to dairy farmers can completely eliminate the risk of them receiving a hefty fine for spreading too much effluent on their farms but can also save them money of fertiliser.