Dairy farmers are being reminded to be extra vigilant in recording the parentage of calves – a study two years ago showed an average 23% were incorrectly matched.

A hand-held device used to read ear tags on farm animals, developed by Massey industrial designer Tony Parker and technology company Gallagher, has won the inaugural International Innovation Award at Fieldays.

Fonterra-funded research by the New Zealand Asia Institute says Japan joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) could potentially trigger a revitalisation of its agriculture sector.

THE CAUSE of an occasional but recurring problem of unusually small calves in dairy herds is a newly identified recessive gene, says Livestock Improvement (LIC).

Use of DNA sequence technology by farmer cooperative Livestock Improvement (LIC) has led to the discovery of a recessive small calf gene - opening the door to managing small calf syndrome out of the dairy industry.

Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper says a decision by leading UK supermarket Tesco to replace SFF-branded lamb with a co-branded house product "has a significant upside."

It's official – the last dairy season was the most productive on record thanks to very favourable pasture growth conditions.

It's official – the last dairy season was the most productive on record thanks to very favourable pasture growth conditions.

The chair of LIC's Shareholder Council, Jenny Morrison, is urging shareholders to have a say on the future home of what's commonly known as 'the core database'.

SPOTTY CATTLE are less susceptible to certain biting flies than those with plain hides, research in Hungary reported in the journal Plos One shows.