WHILE HOT humid weather across the country has provided the perfect conditions for lush pasture cover this spring, farmers need to stay alert for an increased risk of facial eczema through summer.

NEVER MIND the limits, it's the paperwork that's the real threat in regional council moves to cut nutrient losses and meet central Government's National Policy Statement on Freshwater Quality, cropping farmers have been told.

THE ANZ Bank’s head of agri and commercial, Graham Turley, says farmers appear to be concentrating on profitability, which will help mitigate some of the Reserve Bank’s concern about the high level of debt in the dairy sector.

IN THE 2007/08 drought Wayne Reynolds’ cows chewed covers down to four clicks and average cover across his 154ha effective farm was just 1190kgDM/ha.

A NEW 1.4m3 capacity mixer will make supplement mixing available to a wider range of farmers, says farm equipment importer Power Farming.

MAORI FARMING leader Kingi Smiler says it was a delightful surprise to win Federated Farmers’ Agribusiness Person of the Year award.

ROBOTS ROAMING dairy pastures are set to take farm management to a whole new level soon it seems, with two designs in advanced stages of development.

MYCOTOXINS – a group of compounds produced by fungi or mould – have a number of negative effects on the dairy cow, says visiting Canadian expert Professor Trevor Smith.

AUSTRALIAN FARMERS farmers Brett and Judith Gledhill have increased conception rates since switching their herd to calving every three months.

A HIGHER awareness of preventing cow health issues is showing up in the equipment buying patterns of northern Australian dairy producers.