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In a dairy shed, milk quality depends in part on the cleanliness of the bulk milk tank says DairyNZ.
Since the introduction of Pioneer's New Zealand silage trial programme in 1991, silage yields have increased by an average of 310 kgDM/ha/year.
Winter's end is a time for cultivating paddocks; this must be done well to prevent sediment and excessive nutrients getting into waterways from the land.
On the West Coast of the South Island, for 30 years, many dairy farmers have 'humped and hollowed' their land, dealing with the whopping natural challenge the region lays down – massive rainfall.
Dairy Women's Network membership has grown from 5079 last year to at least 8000 members, chairman Justine Kidd says.
Farm sales are easing says the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ).
Dairy Women's Network (DWN) needs to keep working closely with partners such as DairyNZ, Agri Womens Development Trust, beef farmers and AgITO, says its retiring trustee, Hilary Webber.
In a volatile market there is never a better time to take financial stock of a business.
It's almost too good to be true. A report on the state of the New Zealand environment that is honest, factual and not littered with references to the damage farmers alone are doing to land and water.
Just when you think you've seen all the beauty queens another appears, but this one is a cow.
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