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Lepto no longer men-only disease

With more women working in farming, more are contracting the disease leptospirosis, says the president of Rural Women NZ, Fiona Gower.

No more milking aprons

From left Chris Watkin, DeLaval National Sales Manager; Daniel Lund, Warren Lund.

Warren Lund and son Daniel milk about 400 cows on 110ha at Pokuru, near Te Awamutu.

Low N cow project

DairyNZ will lead a seven-year $21 million research partnership to contribute to cleaning up rural waterways.

Rusty helps sniff out velvetleaf

Rusty and his handler John Taylor helped to sniff out velvetleaf on eight Waikato farms last month. They will return in late January-early February.

Landowners and rural contractors are being urged to watch for pest plants.

Cow collars cut farmer stress

Battery-powered cow collars monitor each animal.

Fitting out an entire dairy herd with wireless digital activity monitors is so effective a management tool that it even reduces human stress.

Made French style in Oamaru

A chance find of suspicious mould in hay on a Fairlie beef farm has led to the discovery of a new blue cheese culture for Oamaru-based Whitestone Cheese.

Landcorp to sponsor Maori awards

DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle (left) and Ahuwhenua management committee chairman Kingi Smiler with the trophy.

Landcorp is to sponsor the Ahuwhenua Trophy, which recognises excellence in Maori dairy and sheep and beef farming.

Telling stories that make a difference

21,000 children have visited a dairy farm in the last six years.

At least 59% of the public surveyed has a favourable opinion of dairying and 90% of media coverage of dairying is positive/neutral.

Software firm raises more capital

Farmlands Cooperative has bought into the farm software firm FarmIQ, a developer of software for farming and agribusiness.

Goat farmers still waiting

Dairy goat farmers Chrissy and Jonathan Carden-Holdstock with two of their champion animals, Clovenhoof Flavious, a Saanen buck, and Tamarvale Jaylee, a Toggenburg doe.

South Island dairy goat farmers still have no large-scale market for goat milk some 18 months after a Chinese-backed processing plant began to be built -- with some fanfare – at Ashburton.