On the tip of their tongues
A Massey University PhD student has discovered a way to identify certain newborn dairy and beef-cross-dairy calves by the colour of their tongues.
West Coaster wins media prize
Megan Robertson, from a dairy farm at Hari Hari, Westland was a joint winner of the Rural News Group sponsored visual media prize at the annual Massey University agricultural awards dinner last week.
Check ewes’ udders after weaning – study
An ongoing study of udder defects in ewes has raised timely new information for farmers, says a Massey University professor.
New hort degree for Massey
Plans are underway for a standalone bachelor of horticultural science degree course at Massey University.
Cash to develop goat milk formula
The development of goat milk infant formula has received a $30 million funding boost.
New research into leptospirosis
A New Zealand expert in leptospirosis says the disease appears to be becoming more ‘tropical’ in the way it is occurring in NZ.
Footy and fractionation fan hangs up boots
Rugby played a big role in New Zealand gaining a world-leading soil scientist, Professor Mike Hedley.
NZ farming no longer ‘gumboot land’
New Zealand must get beyond seeing its agri sector as ‘gumboots in the mud’ and portray itself as a high value-food producer using innovative technologies.
Campaign sets sights on BVD control
Dairy and beef farmers are being asked to help develop frameworks to control the disease bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD).
Smoothie approach to sheep milk
Beyond Massey University’s cheeseboard at Fieldays was the objective of promoting sheep milking.