How often should an effluent pond be stirred?

Manawatu farmer Jarrod Rider believes happy cows and staff should be the bottom line of dairy farming.

The financial viability of farmers having solar panels on their land, as well as stock, is the subject of a significant two year research study being undertaken by Massey University.

An increasing number of Otago and Canterbury dairy farmers are realising the value of DNA testing their calves to help them make better breeding decisions, according to local CRV sales consultant Deborah Adair-Dagg.

Outgoing LIC chairman Murray King says the time is right to pass the baton to the next generation.

Farm nutrient management tool OverseerFM has improved the software's crop modelling capabilities.

Cutting red tape, diluting Wellington's grip on rural sector reforms, reducing the number of regulations, allowing more overseas workers into New Zealand and restoring the option of live animal exports.

Offering models from 3600 to 20,000 litres, all HiSpec slurry tankers use a unique low-profile spreading system that increases controllability, while also decreasing air pollution, particularly offensive odours.

New Zealand's broadacre farmers are now able to access a complete picture of profitability with the launch of John Deere’s HarvestLab 3000 Grain Sensing on S700 Series Combines.

Use of cow monitoring collars is on the rise, with about 700,000 of New Zealand’s 4.9 million cows in milk now thought to be fitted with them – about 14% of the national milking herd.