Red line on dairy
OPINION: As India negotiates to open its borders to more global products, dairy is proving a sticky issue.
Thinking back over the last 15 seasons or so, the average dairy herd in New Zealand had a targeted empty rate about the 4% mark. Today, 4% seems unachievable.
Synlait Milk has reaffirmed its milk price forecast of $6.50/kgMS for the 2017-18 season.
There's more to production worth (PW) than milk solids, explains Rachel Bloxham, Animal Evaluation Manager, LIC.
Water supply is a vital component of a farm and making sure systems are working efficiently can save water, time and money.
A West Coast dairy farmer believes his new Bogballe M2W spreader will help him do two things all farmers want to do – save money and protect the environment.
Feeder manufacturer Hustler is marketing two new self-loading bale feeders said to be more versatile and easier to use by livestock farmers.
Over the years, Irish farm machinery makers have made a serious impact on the New Zealand agricultural scene.
Is your farm effluent ‘good’ or ‘bad’, and what makes it so in the first place? asks David Law, Forward Farming Biological Consultancy.
While robotic (voluntary) milking systems appear to be gaining in popularity, the Fisher Farm, between Cambridge and Te Awamutu, has a head start on today’s converts.
New Zealand expertise in designing and manufacturing dairy goat rotary platforms is in demand in China.
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Younger generations are growing up surrounded by technology and the advancement of these technologies is ferocious.
Australian dairy farmers can now add breeding to their ways of helping cows handle the heat.
Notable cases of employment breaches by large companies have cropped up recently, some appearing to be unintended short-changing of employees.
The dairy industry could simply not succeed without our people.
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