Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed the announcement of a FarmIQ technology pilot in Sri Lanka.

California governor Jerry Brown is maintaining his assault on climate change, pushing through a law meant to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from dairy farms and landfills.

Scientists, farmers and agricultural industry representatives will be beating a path to Timaru in early November for the 78th New Zealand Grassland Association (NZGA) annual conference.

During lactation, cows can become infected with contagious or environmental mastitis bacteria.

After calving, heifers are often uncomfortable because of swollen udders (oedema), and may be difficult to move, handle and milk out.

Body condition score (BCS) will increasingly be adopted as a measure in welfare assurance schemes, so scoring must be accurate throughout the BCS range, say DairyNZ’s Chris Leach and Jacqueline McGowan.

Dairy effluent is a great source of nutrients for growing pasture.

Recently there has been an increased dairy industry focus on getting more out of pasture.

Students at a recent Waikato school farm field day scrutinised their growing and yield of chicory as a summer crop.

Markus Woutersen has just begun his dairy career but his low cost operation is already attracting industry attention.