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GEA’s CowScout Responder accurately identifies cows on heat through remote technology, further allowing better understanding of a herd’s overall health.
LIC’s herd improvement roadshow last month attracted about 1500 farmers nationwide.
Five years of research has led to CRV Ambreed discovering that selective breeding will help reduce urinary nitrogen leaching on NZ farms by 20% within 20 years.
The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) is concerned the dairy industry has the ability to select for polledness (no horns), but it is not a priority.
Consider the billions of plastic jugs, paper cartons, and glass bottles needed for milk. Now consider a vessel far more compact and environmentally sound -- a plastic milk bag.
An Auckland cow moo-rooned on a ‘desert’ island has been ferried back to greener pastures.
A pregnant cow survived a mammoth swim through floodwater between Lismore and Ballina on the north coast of New South Wales.
A fouled vessel carrying PKE, ordered by MPI to leave Tauranga on March 6, has been allowed to return after divers cleaned it outside New Zealand waters.
Milking frequency can be adjusted in a number of ways during a season, or part of a season, to become more efficient, reduce farmers’ hours in the milking shed and improve their lifestyle.
An intensive yet simple farm near Helensville, south Kaipara, last month won the Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards last month.
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Local news media carry many reports and comments about the price of milk and how it’s hurting farmers.
A second generation cheese making family with Dutch origins, the company Meyer Gouda Cheese is continuing its golden run at the awards.
Dairy farmer Peter Gilbert is the new president of the Canterbury A&P Association for 2017. He was elected at the annual meeting, replacing Warrick James.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy is welcoming new figures forecasting that primary exports will reach $37.5 billion for the year ending June 2017.
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