Rewarding farmers who embrace sustainability
Winners of DairyNZ’s Sustainability and Stewardship awards in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards have their eyes firmly fixed on progressing a positive future for New Zealand dairy.
After calving, heifers often suffer discomfort with swollen udders (oedema) and may be more difficult to move, handle and milk out.
According to DairyNZ, for young cows calving for the first time the milking routine is a new and different experience.
It takes about two weeks for most heifers to establish a quiet, reliable response to milking. Milking staff must then be patient and gentle, for best production, lowest milking times and less risk of injury to milkers and animals. Extra labour may be needed during calving.
Practical ways to prevent mastitis in heifers include:
Trade Minister Todd McClay says New Zealand has no intention of backing down in a trade dispute with Canada over dairy products.
There have been leadership changes at the Hamilton-based Dairy Goat Co-operative, which has been struggling financially in recent years.
Horticulture NZ chief executive Nadine Tunley will step down in August.
OPINION: In recent years farmers have been crying foul of unworkable and expensive regulations.
Another 16 commercial beef farmers have been selected to take part in the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme designed to help drive the uptake of genetics in the industry.
Trade Minister Todd McClay says Kiwi exporters will be $100 million better off today as the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) comes into force.
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
OPINION: It seems every bugger in this country can get an award these days.