GREENPEACE ACTIVISTS hoping to put dairy farmers off palm kernel expeller (PKE) by chaining themselves to boats should think again.

LANDCORP'S ROLLS Peak Station, just north-east of Taupo, takes you back in time. It's serious hill country that's been stripped of exotic trees and is slowly being developed into a dairy support unit for the SOE's dairy farms in the Wairakei Estate.

FARMERS ARE converting from sheep and beef into dairy. However, strict regional council rules are putting off some in Manawatu/Rangtikei region.

A NEW farm management tool for veterinarians will better enable them to monitor and improve udder health in dairy cattle.

ANIMAL HEALTH and productivity problems are being addressed on an Ashburton dairy farm by the use of fertiliser made by Abron, a company based at Waharoa, Waikato.

LIC’S CALF club art competition for rural schools attracted 2000 entries

IT SHOULD be a matter of concern to us all to hear, increasingly frequently, comment that the New Zealand Animal Evaluation Unit (NZAEU) Breeding Worth (BW) index is meaningless, or irrelevant, to large sections of the dairy industry.

SOUTH-WEST VICTORIAN dairy farmers have been told to keep their focus on the main game of producing food as they come to grips with new carbon legislation.

FIRST SHIPMENTS of whole milk powder from the newly opened Miraka dairy factory near Taupo are on the way through the supply chain in key Asian markets.