Dwarf cows could be India’s answer to climate change.

It's the calm before the calving season and a bit of planning now will help herds get through without the risk of metabolic disorders, such as milk fever, which can lead to downer cows or impact future milk production, claims mineral supplier SealesWinslow.

In this calm before the calving season a bit of planning now will help herds get through without the risk of metabolic disorders, such as milk fever, says ruminant feed company SealesWinslow.

Don't put your livelihood at risk when moving or selling stock over the Gypsy Day period, says Ospri New Zealand.

Abigail Chase is a self-confessed “parasite geek” with the PhD anthelmintic treatment to match.

Farmers are offered hands-on training in how to use OSPRI’s National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) programme.

Farmers are being warned to assess the risks to their herds from the tick-borne disease Theileria if they are moving stock this autumn and winter.

The dairy industry has joined with NEXT Foundation and the Department of Conservation in the fight against invasive predators.

MENTION WATER quality and the topics that spring to mind are run-off, leaching and the state of our lakes and rivers, but for livestock farmers animal health should be up there too, says a Feilding nutritionist.

DairyNZ IS alerting all farmers, including graziers, to keep an eye out for signs of a tick-carried disease that causes anaemia in cattle.