dairy farm

Ensuring your cows have the best mating this season

There are many ways to tailor your mating programme to ensure your cows have the best mating this season.

Hit the ground running this mating with these foundations for success.

Published in Farm Health

'Green' farming pays off

The McIntosh sisters Peggy, 8, left, Maggie, 12, and Olive, 10, with three of the family’s Holstein Friesian heifers which they paraded for the judges on the first day of the 2023 NZ Agricultural Show.

Converting the family dairy farm to a regenerative model 15 years ago is paying dividends for Springston farmers Clyde and Rachael McIntosh.

Published in Management

DairyNZ ecologist passionate about healthy waterways

DairyNZ ecologist Dr Belinda Margetts wants to contribute towards the health of our waterways.

Thoughts of healthy waterways get Dr Belinda Margetts out of bed in the morning.

Published in Management

Editorial: Things are looking up

A weaker than expected Chinese economy and lower milk production are potential roadblocks for a decent farmgate milk price.

OPINION: The first two Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions have delivered good news for dairy farmers.

Published in Opinion

Good scheme

OPINION: Take a bow, Farm Debt Mediation Scheme.

Published in Milking It

Great grazing

OPINION: We hope the Green Party and its supporters are taking notice.

Published in Milking It

Spread too thin?

OPINION: With current dairy returns so tight, Fonterra farmers may start to question the wisdom of some of the co-op's more charitable ventures.

Published in Milking It

Fonterra butter powers school brekkies in Oz

Fonterra area managers Alison Hall (second right) and Sam Flight (far right) dropping off donations of Duck River Butter to Bridport Primary School for their breakfast club.

In some of Tasmania's most remote schools, students are getting a healthy breakfast and a chance to start the day on a full stomach, increasing their focus and appetite to learn.

Published in Agribusiness

International judges, better schedule for premier show

The New Zealand Dairy Event (NZDE), underway this week in Fielding, is pushing hard to become the country’s premier show destination for dairy cattle.

Published in General News