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Body condition score (BCS) will increasingly be adopted as a measure in welfare assurance schemes, so scoring must be accurate throughout the BCS range, say DairyNZ’s Chris Leach and Jacqueline McGowan.

Recently there has been an increased dairy industry focus on getting more out of pasture.

DairyNZ is encouraging farmers to lock in the gains achieved in the past two seasons, as a pasture-first farm system will continue to provide payback as the milk price rises.

For Wilfred van Beek, getting the basics right in a simple grass-fed system has led to successful herd reproduction and repeatability.

Award-winning mental health scheme GoodYarn is writing a new chapter as it grows around the country.

DairyNZ's Tactics for spring events kicked off in the Waikato last week, aimed at helping farmers manage their pasture during the most productive time of the year on-farm.

With calving and lambing in full swing and many farmers in the North Island recovering from floods, snow storms and FE outbreaks, Peter Burke asks around the regions to see how things are panning out.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says an independent study shows Primary Growth Partnerships (PGP) can generate $6.4 billion by 2025.

A change will be made this month to the way body condition score (BCS) records are treated before they enter the animal evaluation (AE) system.

Getting cows in-calf quickly is the key to achieving a good calving pattern, says DairyNZ.