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IT IS not a matter of if but when foot and mouth disease (FMD) comes to Australia, according to Rob Bonanno, the past president of the Australian Cattle Vets Association.
A COLOSTRUM management protocol is important to ensure calves receive enough antibodies but colostrum alone does not guarantee calf-rearing success.
IT IS not a matter of if but when foot and mouth disease (FMD) comes to Australia, according to Rob Bonanno, the past president of the Australian Cattle Vets Association.
VETS WILL gather later this month at Hamilton for their annual conference. The New Zealand Veterinary Association’s ‘Heart of Practice’ conference, June 19-22, has the goal of improving animal health and welfare.
A YOUNG inventor will return to Fieldays this week hoping to find and thank people who last year encouraged him to develop a now-patented tool.
STRENGTH IN numbers will keep the ever reliable Hilux to the fore in light truck sales in New Zealand.
Information tailored to farmers with smaller herds will be provided at conferences being held throughout the North Island in June.
Federated Farmers welcomes significant changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill following the primary production select committee consideration.
Federated Farmers Sharemilkers' and Sharemilker Employers' Sections, with the assistance of DairyNZ, have jointly released "Ensuring a viable progression path in the dairy industry".
iFarm's monthly Market Outlook report for beef is forecasting prices for bull and steer to peak around $4.60-$4.65/kg this spring.
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The very first of the scanned in lamb ewes have shown up in some of the earlier lambing regions in the North Island.
When compared to last weeks sale in the North Island, wool was generally dearer at yesterday's sale despite a slight increase in the NZ dollar.
Fonterra-owned Tip Top Ice Cream has taken out supreme award at the 2012 New Zealand ice cream awards.
DairyNZ and LIC have reached agreement for the transfer of the core database to the Dairy Industry Good Animal Database.
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