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Dairy cows in all regions are affected by heat stress during summer. The comfort zone of a cow is 4-20°C, about 10-15° lower than the comfort zone of a human.

DairyNZ is welcoming a report confirming M. bovis eradication is likely achievable.

Plantain could ‘save’ some Manawatu dairy farmers faced with cutting nitrogen losses from pasture by 60%, comments DairyNZ.

A group of high school students have spent four days on a live-in event at Waikato University to learn more about career opportunities in agriculture.

Dairy farmers are being asked to approve a levy of up to 3.9 cents/kgMS over the next two seasons to pay their share of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication effort.

Dairy farmers are being strongly encouraged to give their feedback on how the sector will pay its share of the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) response programme.

The dairy sector is recognising the loss of pasture-based farm system advocate Adrian van Bysterveldt.

Interest in once-a-day (OAD) milking is rising, says DairyNZ senior scientist Dr Paul Edwards.

DairyNZ's chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says the dairy industry faces ongoing challenges this year.

Many farmers in the lower North Island and Taranaki are a bit embarrassed by the oversupply of feed they have on their farms.