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Lessons from M.Bovis outbreak

Massey University academic Nicola Shadbolt says the M.bovis review is about learning from the past and helping us to be stronger in the future.

The chair of a new committee set up to review the handling of Mycoplasma bovis outbreak says it isn’t a witch-hunt.

Dry cow therapy minus antibiotics

Taranaki sharemilker Shaun Eichstaedt was the first New Zealander to replace traditional antibiotic dry cow therapy (DCT) with a high-strength probiotic.

Changes are afoot

Maize silage and maize grain are both low protein feeds that have the effect of reducing dietary protein and therefore urinary nitrogen.

There has been a mixed response by the agriculture sector to the recently released Climate Change Commission’s 2021 draft report.

Metabolics, a precursor to herd diseases

Cows with low blood calcium have less chance in resisting infection or fighting current ones.

One of the major issues in New Zealand is the post calving diseases of mastitis and metritis.

Are the days of industrial fertiliser numbered?

Researchers from two Sydney universities have found a way of making 'green' ammonia

OPINION: We've been encouraged to grow our own for many years, now researchers at two Sydney universities have found a way of making 'green' ammonia and say their discovery could provide a major boost to farmers and speed up a global push to renewable hydrogen fuel.

Oat milk sells

OPINION: Fake milk works for some. Fashionable Swedish alt-milk brand Oatly is seeking a US stock market listing that could value the business at as much as NZ$13 billion.

Labour shortage

If you think labour shortage on New Zealand dairy farms is unique to our country, then think again.

Killer claims

OPINION: Nitrates from dairy farms have long been suspected of polluting waterways around New Zealand, now they could be "killing" people, according to Greenpeace.