Gain insight into which cows should be cycling once mating starts with pre-mating heat detection.

Knowing the signs and stages of labour, how to calf a cow and the immediate care needed after calving, will increase the number of successful births.

Kubota NZ has added another machine to its KX series of excavators.

Waikato farmers may switch to A2 milk provided there’s a suitable premium attached to the milk payment, says the region’s Federated Farmers president Andrew McGiven.

AgResearch says it has developed world-leading sensors to better understand how nitrogen is being excreted by cows, and so how best to tackle its effects on the environment.

Dairy farming is not all about making money, say South Waikato farmers Stefan Goldwater and Bronwen Klippel.

Cows with healthy udders have less mastitis, produce more and are easier to milk.

Over the years, Irish farm machinery makers have made a serious impact on the New Zealand agricultural scene. 

Brent Love, director farm enterprise at KPMG, explains how to make it in dairy for 20-somethings.

Cattle with horns can hurt people and other animals, sometimes seriously.