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We all know how important it is to get eight hours sleep, and while cows have different sleep patterns from us, they do need to spend a similar amount of time lying down. 

If farmers feel winter hasn’t gone as well as it could have and sometimes the cows were in deep mud, then now is a good time to review their wintering plans, says DairyNZ animal care team leader Helen Thoday.

DairyNZ says emissions prices suggested by the Productivity Commission would heavily affect NZ farming if the sector faced a full emissions price under the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Farmer groups, DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb NZ are in damage control.

DairyNZ director Ben Allomes believes every day should be worker appreciation day.

New Zealand has the highest agricultural emissions of the 170 countries that have ratified the Paris agreement, says DairyNZ’s Nick Tait.

Keen to serve on the DairyNZ board? Here’s your chance.

Weaning based on calf weight and meal intake will help calves develop into healthy heifers, says DairyNZ.

DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel says the dairy sector and Fonterra has benefited from John Wilson’s “inspirational leadership” for over 20 years.

In seasonally calving herds all heifers are expected to be fertile and mated at the same time, but their birth dates typically span four-six weeks.