dairy farm

Co-op modest despite payout triumph

Tatua chief executive Brendhan Greaney says the co-op isn't keen to compare payouts with other processors.

Small Waikato milk processor Tatua isn't blowing its own trumpet after blitzing other processors in the milk payout battle last season.

Published in General News

New Johne's test based on Covid technology

LIC lab technician analysing a farm effluent sample which is tested for bacteria responsible for causing Johne's disease in cows.

The same technology used to detect Covid-19 in wastewater is now being used to help dairy farmers manage Johne's disease in their herd.

Published in Farm Health

Taking NZ sheep milk to the world

The newly-appointed chair of sheep milk pioneer Maui Food Group says the company is embarking on a new stage of diversification and growth.

Published in Management

Paddock selection key step

A continual process of fine-tuning the management of winter forage crops to protect their soil and water resources is paying dividends.

Wintering practices have changed on Robert Young's Southland farm over the past 10 years.

Published in Management

Simplistic water rules not useable

OPINION: What is simple is always wrong. What is not is unusable.

Published in Opinion

Catchment group making group progress on improving water

The Thomson Creek Catchment Group was set up in 2019 to primarily address the freshwater health and water quality issues identified within the catchment.

Over the last two and a half years, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has worked on a project to improve the freshwater health catchment groups from across the country, with help from the Ministry for Environment's (MfE) Freshwater Improvement Fund. One of these groups is the Thomson's Creek Catchment Group in Central Otago.

Published in Agribusiness

Fickle weather frustrates contractors

Rural contractors say silage making is being impacted by weather in some parts of the country.

Rural contractors in Southland say the wettest spring in 30 years is impacting on already short supplies of feed.

Published in Agribusiness

Crossing the border with ease

South Auckland dairy farmer Brian Gallagher says the system allowing him and his staff to cross the border from the Auckland region into the Waikato is working well.

South Auckland dairy farmer Brian Gallagher says the system that allows him and his staff to cross the border from the Auckland region into the Waikato is working, is easy and seamless.

Published in General News