If milk fever is keeping you or your staff awake at night, you are not alone.
With winter around the corner, LIC says farm staff are busy tending to bulls to ensure they capture the vital semen needed for New Zealand’s dairy herd.
Identifying cows on heat used to be a time-consuming task on Owen and Cathy Copinga’s Southland dairy farm.
Decision making around dry off in spring calving herds has just got a whole lot tougher.
Body condition scoring (BCS) is a simple process. However, DairyNZ says it is important to calibrate the eye by first condition scoring cows “hands on” at the dairy.
OSPRI has suspended possum control operations in support of its TBfree disease eradication programme during the COVID-19 lockdown.
CRV Ambreed’s 2020 line up of bull graduates will provide New Zealand dairy farmers with genetic solutions to future proof their business, the company says.
A farmer group promoting Jersey cows says stock and semen sales indicate the breed is on the rise.
More accurate genetic evaluations, drawing on ten years of New Zealand and international research, will be available to dairy farmers from this month.
Cows and pasture are not the villains in climate change, but could instead be our saviours, says Hawke’s Bay farmer, soil scientist and consultant Phyllis Tichinin.
With many regions experiencing increasingly dry weather, DairyNZ is asking farmers to plan for managing stock through challenging conditions.
The sun is out again for Southland bull beef farmers Ben Walling and Sarah Flintoft, who started the year in the fear of being struck down with Mycoplasma bovis for a second time.
Heat stress has a big effect on reproduction, explains Greg Jarratt, vet and director of Matamata Veterinary Services.
New Zealand's first professional dairy cow hoof trimmer has fulfilled a long-held dream, setting up a training institute to bring internationally recognised standards of hoofcare to the industry.
Facial eczema in dairy cattle can cause significant production losses without visible symptoms, says a new group formed to raise awareness of the disease.
Most clinical mastitis occurs over calving, so if you’ve had a good spring, you probably feel like you’re in the clear.
Dairy goat farmers should carefully plan the feed requirements during the lead up to transition and the early lactation period.
Ketosis in any of its forms can lead to sudden and catastrophic loss levels at kidding time.
Heat stress has a big effect on reproduction, explains Greg Jarratt, vet and director of Matamata Veterinary Services.
BVD is a viral disease of cattle with a big economic impact.
New Lincoln University research shows analysing a farmer’s personal characteristics is important when dealing with their anxiety.
As we struggle to fathom how we ended up in the throes of a measles outbreak again, we’re reminded of the importance of vaccinations to protect us from life-threatening diseases.
Farmers and global markets can depend on OSPRI, explains chief executive Steve Stuart.
Amanda Kilby, MSD animal health veterinarian, explains what Bovine Viral Diarrhoea is and how you can control it.
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