SIX EUROPEAN nations’ dairy farms and research bodies have launched a €3.1m (NZ$4.8m), three-year project to develop technology integrating robotic milking of cows with grazing.

CUTTING MILKING time by up to an hour could be a big reward for the 160-190 people who turned up to the MilkSmart seminar held at Morrinsville last Tuesday.

NEXT TIME you’re advised on cow nutrition, ask where the data used to support the advice comes from, because if it’s not New Zealand, it probably isn’t relevant to your farm.

A well-known Hawke's Bay station and training farm has taken out the Supreme title in the 2013 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

With more dairy farm staff entering the industry from urban backgrounds an animal husbandry expert says there has to be more emphasis placed on stockmanship skills.

DairyNZ is joining with other agencies to coordinate a range of drought support mechanisms for Northland and other North Island dairy farmers, with a focus on facilitating farmer-to-farmer advice.

AFTER A couple of tricky seasons the Southland Demonstration Farm seems to have hit its straps.

WIDESPREAD RAIN last week still may not have been enough to avert decision time for many North Island dairy farmers, says DairyNZ regional team manager Craig McBeth.

INDUCTIONS FELL below 100,000 last spring for the first time with few farms or vets breaching the maximum 4% limit.

SOME SOUTH-WEST Victorian dairy farmers are facing a A$260,000 cash flow problem as costs escalate and income drops.