WITHIN 50 years dung beetles will inhabit the whole country, says Shaun Forgie, the Landcare Research scientist working with the Dung Beetle Release Strategy Group.

IT IS widely known that feeding good quality colostrum to calves as soon as possible after birth helps provide immunity to disease in the first 4-6 weeks of life. 

A SIMPLE, accurate and low-cost onfarm diagnostic kit is said to allow farmers to swiftly identify common mastitis pathogens without a microscope and further testing. 

WHILE SOME deer farmers are questioning the species’ place in light of recent returns, others are still investing in the sector, as visitors to the Deer Industry Conference field day at Mt Hutt Station last month found out.

A SOFT plastic milking liner and tubing system on show at Fieldays helps cut the risk of bacteria and minimises cell counts in milk, says the developer, DairyFlo, Hawkes Bay.

A STANDALONE calf shed is enabling a North Waikato drystock farmer expand his weaner calf rearing operation.

PGG WRIGHTSON (PGW) is forecasting before tax earnings in the $56- $58 million range, slightly up on the guidance range indicated in February.

SEVEN COMPANIES joined New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) at the 12th World Dairy Expo and Summit in Xi'an, China, over the weekend.

WITH LANDCORP eyeing the potential of dairy sheep, the United States could be to our sheep industry what China is to dairy cattle, opening a bold new chapter for New Zealand's most numerous farmed animal.

HAVING ADEQUATE storage to stop effluent being sprayed on to pasture at the wrong time is starting to become the new normal for Waikato dairy farmers, says the author of a report to Waikato Regional Council's environmental performance committee.