ROBOTS ROAMING dairy pastures are set to take farm management to a whole new level soon it seems, with two designs in advanced stages of development.
MASSEY UNIVERSITY researchers are testing a farm system that shows potential to improve the productivity of dairy farms, while minimising the environmental impacts on water quality.
FERTILISER CO-OP Ravensdown has put together a team of consultants to advise farmers on environmental issues.
DAIRY NEWS journalists Peter Burke and Pam Tipa were among winners in the 2013 New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators awards.
DAIRY TECHNOLOGY manufacturer Waikato Milking Systems will next month open the first stage of its new $12 million complex.
THE OPTIMISM about dairying fuelled by high milk prices is likely to prompt businesses to expand. While it is important that growth options are constantly evaluated, experience has taught me that new investment should only occur after careful consideration so an appropriate balance between growth and consolidation is maintained.
FONTERRA’S RECENT forecast of a record milksolids payout of $8.30 is great news for farmers.
KEVIN CLARK as a farmer has always wanted to benchmark himself and his farming methods to see what he could do better by learning from his own experience and that of other farmers. He farms in partnership with his wife Felicity.
A SECRET agent of a different kind is making herself known to farmers worldwide and proving there’s more to life onfarm than meets the eye, says LIC.
A CHALLENGING time in his first season as a sharemilker has served to set Clarence Stolte (26) on the pathway to success.
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