DOES THIS sound familiar? You write all your calvings into your notebook or on a scrap of paper, then when you go to enter it in the computer it’s missing – or you’re unsure whether one digit is a 6 or a 0. 

DAIRY FARMERS could lower the risk of mastitis and grades from somatic cell counts and other bacteria with a Dairymaster ClusterCleanse, says company director Craig Burrows.

Fonterra has welcomed the Commerce Commission's release of its final report on the dry run review of how Fonterra sets its farm gate milk price.

A COALITION of UK dairy farmers has agreed on a 10-point strategy to tackle a milk price crisis facing the industry.

IF YOU want to purchase the right to one vote within Fonterra, you can do so for $4520.  

LUCERNE FOR lambs, transitioning dairy cows, the interaction of feed and deer genotype: those are just three of the papers at this year’s Grasslands Conference that will list Agresearch’s David Stevens among their authors.

RESULTS OF a grass weed management trial should serve as a reminder to all farmers, cropping or otherwise, to be wary of over reliance on chemical controls, says the Foundation of Arable Research.

INVESTING IN automated mastitis detection isn’t cheap, yet at present there’s little comparable data to help guide the decision.

CALF PENS floored with river stone have been given a thumbs up by Dairy NZ, subject to stocking density.

A FARMGARD air seeder and Celli spiked rotor combination turned a major cropping and regrassing project into a simple operation, says Wellsford dairy farmer Paul Shepherd.