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Tips for successful calving

In last month’s Dairy News, we discussed the common causes of dystocia (difficulty in giving birth) and ways it can be prevented.

Published in Farm Health

Pressing on through tight times on farm

How low will you go? How long will you stay there? Those are the questions Dairy NZ is asking at the latest round of ‘Tactics for Tight Times’ workshops around the country.

Published in Management

Calf housing lifts milk yield, helps reproduction

Proper housing provides a comfortable environment for calves.

Proper housing is a cornerstone of successful calf rearing, says Christchurch company FlexiTunnel.

Published in Management

New herd test lab a world leader

LIC’s new herd testing facility in Hamilton.

LIC has opened a new $5 million herd testing facility in Hamilton.

Published in Agribusiness

Great stories from winners

Wairarapa dairy farmers Leo and Rebecca Vollebregt won the Greater Wellington award.

Four dairy farmers are among the 10 finalists for the 2015 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Published in Agribusiness

Councils must keep it fair

Chris Lewis, Federated Farmers Waikato president.

Rates are being set nationwide as local authorities prepare their long term plans (LTP) for the next three years.

Published in Opinion

An uncomfortable reality

Dairy industry optimists have for months been talking up the future, saying things will improve.

Published in Opinion

Top cheese brands, plants change hands

Coon Cheese one of the brands included in the deal.

Australian dairy processor Warrnambool Cheese and Butter is boosting its presence in the cheese market by taking over a rival’s brands.

Published in World News

Processor rescues stranded Oz farmers

Warrnambool Cheese and Butter has come to the rescue of 40 Australian farmers abandoned by an independent processor.

Australian dairy company Warrnambool Cheese and Butter has come to the rescue of 40 farmers caught up in the receivership of an independent processor.

Published in World News