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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
Topping a dairy farm’s grazing pastures can produce advantageous outcomes to your bottom line.
Subaru's XV has evolved, with the popular, AWD compact SUV reimagined and re-christened as the Crosstrek.
Harnessing the power of data and technology has become increasingly important in the dairy farming, because milking cows is a physically demanding and time-consuming task for dairy farmers, according to Waikato Milking Systems.
Industry research has shown that on average tractors spend up to 70% of their time on haulage duties.
DairyNZ has calculated that the cost of lameness in a 550-cow herd with 20% lame cows per year amounts to direct and indirect costs of $750 per cow.
Mature cows typically produce 1.5 to 2 tons of organic matter per month, the value of which is often overlooked.
Matamata-based Reid & Harrison (R&H) is well known for its Yardmaster pump brand, but over the years has evolved from just being a pump supplier to a full provider for dairy effluent system needs, offering farmers a full service from concept through design, to installation and ongoing maintenance.
Primary sector education and exciting career opportunities will be showcased at the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub next month.
Most farmers do their best to make sure the herd has been supplemented before calving and assume this will pass on to the calf.
It's that time again to break out the gumboots and a warm coat for the National Fieldays, which for 2023, returns to its normal mid-winter timeslot.
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Waikato farmer and businesswoman Jenni Vernon has been appointed the first female president/board chair of the New Zealand National Fieldays Society.
OPINION: A single accurate, independent national animal evaluation index that incorporates genomic information is key to increasing profits for Kiwi dairy farmers.
OPINION: It's not common for industry-good body, DairyNZ and farmerowned co-operative LIC to publicly disagree on a key issue facing the dairy sector.
OPINION: News that the Labour Government is spending taxpayer money to advertise to New Zealanders living in Australia that life is better there now they can get citizenship is appalling.
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