Keeping M. bovis at bay during mating
Dairy farmers are using a range of tactics to keep their cows and farms safe from Mycoplasma bovis this mating season.
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Lamb prices off the boil
Lamb prices have moved from a boil to a simmer, according to ASB Commodities Weekly report.
Improved antibiotic resistance test for dairy
Bayer has improved its antibiotic resistance test in dairy cows, adding four new antibiotic families.
Uproar over Mackenzie Country irrigation consent
A controversial dairy conversion in the Mackenzie Country is now allowed to irrigate, even as Environment Canterbury warns that such intensive farming in the area would not now get approval.
Using your head, do effluent right
Effluent managed well is a nutrient and a benefit to your farming practice, says Pye Group’s Michelle Pye.
Beef + Lamb director nominations open
Nominations have opened for two Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) directorships.
National
NZ butter lands in the US
The US states Texas and California are being targeted by Lewis Road Creamery for its specialty butter.
Lighter and productive cows
Pye Group's farms all aim for a grass-fed low-input system, with minimal grain and fodder beet supplements.
Going hand-in-hand to sustain good business
Economic and social sustainability must go hand-in-hand with environmental sustainability, says the only farmer member of the recently named Fonterra sustainability advisory panel.
$50m dryer for sheep milk
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World
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Ireland assembles its agrifood units
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Not even a wild Atlantic storm can stop the Irish
The Irish sure know how to throw a good party, as experienced last month at the National Ploughing Association event…
Mandatory code for Oz processors
Milk processors in Australia, including Fonterra, could soon be slapped with a mandatory code of practice.
Oz processor tipped to be broken up
A large Australian dairy processor may soon be broken up and sold.
Opinion
Fonterra farmers vote strategically — Editorial
OPINION: Fonterra farmers have delivered a stinging rebuke to the co-op leaders: don’t expect us to rubber stamp your director…
Asia next dairy goldmine
OPINION: Asia is the ‘hot zone’ for dairy and will be the next dairy goldmine, especially the markets in China,…
One year down the track
Minister of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Damien O’Connor explains what's been done this year in government.
Freshwater quality an urban issue too
OPINION: It’s time for all hands to the pump because improvement in rural landscapes and municipal areas is worth chasing together.
Dunne in style — Editorial
It was once jokingly said that the next most-important job after the All Blacks coach is the head of the…
Agribusiness
Orders surge for robotic milker
Milking technology company DeLaval says demand for the new DeLaval VMS milking system V300 is exceeding expectations.
Kiwifruit may be the ticket
Growing confidence in the kiwifruit sector is providing new opportunities for pastoral farmers.
Velvet prospects looking sound
Prospects for the velvet market during the 2018-19 season are expected to be reasonably stable, says Deer Industry NZ (DINZ).
Ethics matter most at Oz creamery
Innovative Western Australian dairy farmers Mat and Sue Daubney have added another feather to their cap.
Apprenticeship draws a crowd
One in five people interested in taking up dairy apprenticeships are from Auckland and one in three people placed in…
Management
Efficient effluent system, processes vital
Good effluent management is a combination of a well-designed effluent system and processes for people, says DairyNZ.
Tankers, stirrers on show
CB Norwood Distributors will be at the Effluent Expo (November 27, 28) with its Pichon slurry tankers and pond stirrers.
Uproar over Mackenzie Country irrigation consent
A controversial dairy conversion in the Mackenzie Country is now allowed to irrigate, even as Environment Canterbury warns that such intensive farming in the area would not now get approval.
Using your head, do effluent right
Effluent managed well is a nutrient and a benefit to your farming practice, says Pye Group’s Michelle Pye.
Water quality tops politicians’ agenda
Politicians are promising to improve water quality within five years.
Farm Health
Keeping M. bovis at bay during mating
Dairy farmers are using a range of tactics to keep their cows and farms safe from Mycoplasma bovis this mating season.
Improved antibiotic resistance test for dairy
Bayer has improved its antibiotic resistance test in dairy cows, adding four new antibiotic families.
Copper deficiency’s link to lameness
Every mating season, veterinarians are called to fresh calved heifers presenting with unexplained severe forelimb lameness. This could be down to copper deficiency.
Programme to improve sector's in-calf rates
DairyNZ has redeveloped and updated a reproduction knowledge course known as the InCalf training programme.
Genetics the key to more milk
The ability of dairy cows to use feed to produce higher quantities of milk is a genetics issue, says the world’s largest dairy farmer cooperative.
Machinery & Products
Upgrades for JD’s 6R series
John Deere is updating its lineup of 110 to 250hp 6R series cabbed tractors for 2019.
Solar an answer
Getting mains power to remote stock troughs can run to $80,000 a kilometre, says solar power specialist Alastair Frizzell, of Frizzell Agricultural Electronics, of Kirwee, Canterbury.
One tractor keeps cropping farm on track
Ross and Averill Smart have relied on Deutz Fahr tractors to help run their Mid Canterbury cropping farm for the past 35 years.
Can’t buy it? 3-D print it
British company BuyAnyPart has launched a service manufacturing rare or obsolete parts using 3-D printing technology.
John Deere building on zero-turn range
John Deere has introduced the new diesel Z994R Commercial ZTrak zero-turn mower, said to offer more performance and efficiency, and available in New Zealand from early 2019.
Motoring
Mercedes ute sets a new standard
It took a while to get here, but now it’s arrived the Mercedes X-Class has created a stir at the…
Making a line for the Sportline
After test driving the Skoda Kodiaq Sportline, we think getting one may be a clever choice.
Golden eagle soars
The Jeep legend was born in WWII but it came of age in the 1970s with a Golden Eagle version…
Touring around in comfort
Okay Holden, you’re not fooling anyone with your raised ride height and plastic wheel arches; the Calais-V Tourer is no…
Forester comes out of the woods
Given that the Subaru Forester virtually started the trend to SUVs years ago, the New Zealand motoring public’s assigning to…
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The Hound would like to know why Greenpeace activists who break the law never get punished.
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