Environment Canterbury (EC) is rejecting Greenpeace's latest claims on nitrate leaching impacting the region's water supply.

Mowing or topping dairy grazing pastures can improve pasture quality and increase cows’ productivity by simplifying pasture management, speed up regrowth for a consistent supply, allow increased stocking rates and reduce the reliance on bought-in feeds.

Automatic teat spraying is no longer just about labour savings, says dairy automation company GEA.

The first full season of ten-in-seven variable milking on the Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) started well but the "then wheels fell off," the farm administrator, Jeremy Savage, revealed at the recent farm focus day.

With milkings typically taking around 17 to 24 hours a week per worker, many farmers have been focusing on milking smarter to reduce hours and creative ways to shorten the working week - like the 22% who report they are using flexible milking.

The 2021 NZ Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) Farm Manager of the Year Christopher Vila spoke at the 2022 awards night held recently in Christchurch. Here's his speech...

OPINION: Do calm cows produce more milk?

OPINION: Hats off to the agriculture industry for some consensus on the He Waka Eke Noa report released last week.

DairyNZ and NIWA have joined forces to help farms with wetland design and performance.

It will likely be a case of second - or third - time lucky for the winner of the 2022 Valden Cow of the Year, with five of the six finalists of the prestigious Holstein Friesian cow competition having been nominated at least once before.