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OTAKI SHAREMILKER Allen Cottle has reduced milking to once a day (OAD) because of a ‘green drought’ in the area.
A SOUTHLAND dairy farm hosted a field day with a difference earlier this month.
THE HUMBLE earthworm is worth its weight in gold when it comes to onfarm soil productivity and protecting waterways from the impacts of farming.
STRATEGIC stocking decisions will be the key to surviving the summer, says a Northland dairy farmer.
THE HIGH milksolids forecast means most farmers are focused on extracting as much milk as possible from the current season. With pasture growth in many areas again affected by low rainfall, supplements will play a key role.
FORGET EVERYTHING you learnt at college about rumen function: chances are it doesn’t apply to New Zealand cows because digestion of pasture is quite different from a total mixed ration (TMR), delegates at one of the first of a DairyNZ series of FeedRight workshops were told last week.
RESTRICTED PASTURE growth and milk production occurs in many parts of New Zealand as a result of dry summers and irrigation restrictions.
AMID A flurry of new product releases by Polaris last week was an ATV developed especially for farm down-under.
WITH AT least 450 exhibitors lined up and thousands of visitors expected, Central Districts Field Days has even more reason to celebrate as it marks 21 years.
FONTERRA HAS opened a dairy ingredients warehouse in Dubai to help support the growing demand for dairy products throughout the Middle East, Africa, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region.
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NZ PRIME MINISTER John Key will discuss the Government's inquiry into Fonterra false-alarm food safety scare last year with top leaders when he visits China this month.
DAIRYNZ CHIEF scientist Dr Eric Hillerton has decided to semi-retire, leaving his post at the industry body later this year.
DAIRY FARMER cooperative, LIC, has bought the assets and business of Waikato-based Dairy Automation Limited (DAL).
TAINUI GROUP Holdings, Ngai Tahu Capital and Pioneer Capital have bought dairy technology company Waikato Milking Systems.
The company was sold by majority shareholder UPC Capital and managing director John Anderson with settlement on March 31.
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