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The forecast farmgate milk price is being tipped to hold ground despite plummeting prices on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT).
LIC says new research has confirmed that bull genetics play a role in how much methane they emit.
Yili, which operates Westland Dairy Company and Oceania Dairy, has consolidated its position among the top five dairy companies in the world.
The Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) has joined forces with Landpro for its Dairy Women’s Network 2023 conference (DWN2023).
Body condition scoring (BCS) is the assessment of the amount of fat covering the bones of a dairy cow, regardless of her body size.
A recent study has confirmed numerous benefits for dairy farmers to synchronising mating of heifers.
For the longest time, sexed semen was talked about, but not really implemented in mainstream dairy farms. This is rapidly changing.
Dairy farmers are being encouraged to consider using genetically superior beef bulls across their herds this spring to help create greater value along the value chain.
Some dairy farmers could be missing out on up to 160 kgMS of production because they are not herd testing.
A negative energy balance (NEB) is when the energy demands for lactation, maintenance and activity are not met by dietary intake and the cow is forced to mobilise its fat and muscle to provide energy to meet the deficit.
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Ag machinery maker John Deere has released details of the new 5M models set to hit the New Zealand market next year.
While baler-wrapper combinations have become the backbone of baled silage production, one machine stands out from the rest in the layout of the machine.
First previewed at Agritechnica 2019, Krone has release further details of its folding front mower cutter-bar.
While round or large square bales have the dominant shares in the rural landscape, small square bales still play an important part, especially in the equine sector, but also where the large packages are not easily managed.
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