Substitute for cow's milk?
OPINION: Scientists claim to have found a new way to make a substitute for cow's milk that could have a radical effect on the dairy industry.
OPINION: AgResearch scientists are pushing boundaries to see how much quality sleep cows are getting.
Joining forces with Scotland's Rural College in Edinburgh, including joint PhD student Laura Hunter, AgResearch used sensor devices placed on the cows to take measurements during their sleep, monitoring things such as their neck muscle activity and heart rates, to compare with the gold standard EEG (electroencephalogram) for brain activity.
They took this muscle and heart rate data from six cows in both housed and pasture systems, and applied machine learning (a branch of Artificial Intelligence) models to make predictions about what the muscle and heart rate data means for the cows' different sleep stages.
The hope is that the insights from this trial could potentially tell them more about overall animal welfare.
Bankers have been making record profits in the last few years, but those aren’t the only records they’ve been breaking, says Federated Farmers vice president Richard McIntyre.
The 2023-24 season has been a roller coaster ride for Waikato dairy farmers, according to Federated Farmers dairy section chair, Mathew Zonderop.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) director general Ray Smith says job cuts announced this morning will not impact the way the Ministry is organised or merge business units.
Scales Corporation is acquiring a number of orchard assets from Bostock Group.
Family and solidarity shone through at the 75 years of Ferdon sale in Otorohanga last month.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has informed staff it will cut 391 jobs following a consultation period.
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