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Bobby calves processing boost

Alliance Group’s Murray Behrent believes the company’s additional capacity will allow more bobby calves to be processed this season to meet the needs of farmers.

Alliance Group is lifting processing capacity by 24% ahead of an expected increase in bobby calf volumes.

Published in General News

Teams and individuals whose talents and work to help New Zealand farmers, foresters and fishers thrive and what they produce were honoured at the 2023 Primary Industries New Zealand Awards last night.

Published in General News

Collar, monitoring tech use on-farm set to climb

Visitors to the Fieldays heard about the benefits of using cow collars.

The use of collars and monitoring technology use on farm is expected to keep climbing, says MSD New Zealand livestock business unit lead Pauline Calvert.

Published in Farm Health

Don't reduce supplementary feed

Reducing your herd size and cutting out supplementary feed may not be the best option and could affect the profitability of some farm businesses over the next few years.

As the new dairy season gets underway and farmers tackle ongoing financial challenges, they are being urged not to make hasty decisions about selling cows and cutting back on supplementary feed.

Published in Farm Health

Stick with your knitting, don't change systems

When things are tight, rather than changing systems, look at what improvements you can make within the system.

I started my career in agriculture in Northland in 1982 as a consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Published in Management

Data empowers decision-making

Fernside farmer Julie Bradshaw has refined her dairy herd size by genomics while maintaining the same level of milk production.

Over the past two years, Fernside farmer Julie Bradshaw has refined her dairy herd size using genomics while maintaining the same level of milk production.

Published in Management

Government support for cyclone hit primary sector

Leaderbrand chief executive Richard Burke (pictured) has welcomed the support package.

The Government has announced its long awaited funding package for farmers and growers hit by cyclones and storms in the North Island.

Published in General News

Trends pointing to productivity risk

Mike Manning, Ravensdown says an impact on overall productivity looms as a potential threat.

OPINION: As a co-operative, Ravensdown has a responsibility to monitor market and industry trends for farmers and growers.

Published in Opinion

Editorial: Dairy is king!

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor with the 2023 SOPI report.

OPINION: Sobering is perhaps the best word to describe the latest Situation and Outlook report on Primary Industries (SOPI) produced by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Published in Opinion

Opinion divided

OPINION: Boutique milk company Lewis Road Creamery’s latest offering to mark Matariki is unfairly facing heat from certain quarters of Māoridom, who are opposed to any commercialisation of all things Māori.

Published in Milking It