GETTING PASTURE and feed management right after calving was an essential part of a successful mating, Phillipa Hedley, DairyNZ business developer, told farmers at a field day held on Alistair and Lynn Candy’s Northland monitor farm in Okaihau on September 25.

A FAIR degree of skepticism remains in the dairy industry about once-a-day milking (OAD), says an expert promoter of the concept, Professor Colin Holmes.

WAIRARAPA ONCE-A-DAY (OAD) dairy farmer Leo Vollebregt is planning to expand his operation six years after going OAD. Vollebregt told this to a recent OAD DairyNZ discussion group on his farm.

The High Court's quashing of a conviction for accessing a computer for dishonest purposes, highlights the importance of sticking to Federated Farmers' Herd Owning Sharemilking Agreement.

Massey Agriculture staff and students celebrated the year's student achievements at a dinner in Palmerston North on Friday.

Federated Farmers has brokered what could be its last meeting before the mutant calf issue ends up before the Courts and/or the Commerce Commission.

With cattle keeping on top of feed, demand has been flat in the North Island. Store prices in the paddock have eased slightly although good quality cattle continue to sell well.

Despite a softening in the NZ dollar in recent days, export beef slaughter prices are still being hammered at the expense of the exchange rate.

The new Primary Industry Training Organisation will be officially opened tonight (October 10).

Westpac economists are forecasting global dairy and beef prices to rise on the back of drought in the US and elsewhere.