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The lead up to another calving period means the next few weeks offer an opportunity to meet the nutritional demands of your cows.
As part of its strategic choice to lead in sustainability, Fonterra places a strong emphasis on calf wellbeing.
While most dairy farmers are heading into spring calving with lush grass cover, cows may need more starch and energy to compensate for pasture deficiencies this season.
With calving underway, dairy farmers are being urged to be vigilant for coccidiosis by planning their calf feeding regimes and using nutrition to combat the potentially fatal disease.
As farmers start calving, it’s time to think about preparing calf sheds. Here are some tips from NZAgbiz’s Calf Rearing Guide on preparing calf facilities and what good practices for setting up your calf shed are.
On the farm, bobby calves must be given the same degree of care as every other calf on the farm.
Planning and preparing for calving with the farm team will reduce stress when calving is in full swing, and help keep everyone safe and healthy, says DairyNZ.
Holstein Friesian cows from the South Island of New Zealand were well-represented at the 2023 Holstein Friesian New Zealand-Semex NZ Ltd On-Farm Competition prizegiving, held in Nelson recently.
Two robotic milkers on 29ha platform are not the norm in New Zealand, but that's the case for the Comins family that farm at Kihikiki, south of Te Awamutu where they milk 100 cows.
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Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, and nitrogen fertiliser has long been critical to maintaining the high productivity of grazed pasture systems in New Zealand.
More than one million calf feed bags each year could be saved from landfill as SealesWinslow becomes one of the first animal nutrition companies in New Zealand to join Agrecovery.
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford delivered his annual report at its annual meeting in Wellington last week. Here's what he said:
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