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Three ways you can prepare for the onrush of the calving season will shore up your abilities, says DairyNZ.
Achieving the best calving season requires good planning and preparation, says DairyNZ. Here's how to do just that.
MSD Animal Health’s regional technical advisor/vet, Kim Kelly explains how to reduce the risk of your calves getting scours.
The New Zealand seed company Agricom last week won a major national prize for its Ecotain environmental plantain.
Poor udder quality in many New Zealand cows contributes to them being culled in their first and second lactations, imposing an unsustainable cost, says a visiting expert.
Kiwi farmers are more engaged practically in their local environmental issues, compared to some farmers visited recently by a Nuffield farming scholar.
CRV Ambreed has a new national artificial breeding manager, Craig Scott. He was formerly national franchise manager at pregnancy tester Ultrascan Ltd.
It can only get harder to farm during the next 10 to 20 years.
OPINION: Damien O'Connor is never one to shy away from speaking his mind and ruffling a few feathers, and in a nice way he did this at Federated Farmers’ conference last week.
Waikato Milking Systems will this month exhibit at China’s biggest rural trade show.
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A former Fonterra director says the co-op will do well in India “provided it’s prepared to play the long game”.
The dairy farming industry needs to keep thinking about what it can do differently in response to the big change coming at it, says Luke Beehre, project leader of the Northland Extension 350 (E350) programme.
Banks are mainly holding firm on their forecasts of $7/kgMS despite last week’s flat Global Dairy Trade result – a small decline of 0.4% in the overall price index.
Seemingly crazy “carryings-on” by some world leaders and influencers should not cause Kiwi farmers to sit on their hands worrying.
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