dairy farm

Checking springers

Cows should take 30 minutes to one hour to calve – no more than two hours. Heifers should take two to three hours to calve – no more than four hours.

Cows close to calving, or springers, must be inspected frequently.

Published in Farm Health

Have your NAIT account up to date for calving

Brothers Manoj Kumar (right) and Sanjay Kamboj on their Eketahuna farm.

From early July, it will be all hands-on deck for award-winning dairy farming brothers Manoj Kumar and Sumit Kamboj as they start welcoming their first winter calves of the season.

Published in Farm Health

Fine for teat amputations

A South Auckland farmer was convicted for amputating the teats of seven cows.

A South Auckland dairy farmer has been fined $3,250 for unlawfully amputating the teats of seven cows using rubber rings as a tourniquet.

Published in Farm Health

New tools to tackle facial eczema

LIC is developing a milk based diagnostic test to give farmers early insight into the facial eczema status of their herd before clinical signs are apparent.

Herd improvement co-operative LIC says it is developing new methods to help farmers tackle facial eczema, a disease which is costing the dairy industry around $30 million in lost production each year.

Published in Farm Health

On-farm oasis for visitors

Lyndon and Jane Strang’s 290ha family farm boarders the Kakanui River just outside of Oamaru, where every summer carloads of people arrive trying to access a swimming hole near the bottom of their farm.

A North Otago dairy farming family have created an on-farm oasis that allows visitors the chance to cool off in the hot summer months.

Published in Management

Govt response to staff woes 'totally underwhelming'

OPINION: Farm staff shortages in Southland and around the country are getting worse.

Published in Opinion

Milk on tap

OPINION: Waikato farmer John Heskett is putting milk on tap in Waikato cafes.

Published in Milking It

Fonterra China farms sold

Fonterra will pocket $88 million following the sale of its two joint venture farms in China.

Published in Agribusiness

Evolve to meet red tape challenges

SIDE 2021 organising committee chair Andrew Slater.

The dairy sector can no longer ignore the growing trend of compliance and regulations and must evolve to meet the challenges.

Published in General News

Content but cautious

ASB rural general manager Ben Speedy says most farmers are happy with how the dairy industry is faring.

"Content without being confident" is how ASB rural general manager Ben Speedy described the mood among dairy farmers at this month's National Fieldays.

Published in General News