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OPINION: European farmers are going to extreme lengths to have their message heard.
As Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) resurfaces in Canterbury, CRV is reassuring dairy farmers it has rigorous production processes and health testing programmes in place within its supply chain.
A Canterbury Hereford stud specialising in providing beef genetics for the dairy industry is claiming a major breakthrough in breeding for more environmentally friendly animals, with reduced urinary nitrogen emissions.
Some dairy farmers could be missing out on up to 160 kgMS of production because they are not herd testing.
Genetics can help dairy farmers take steps this season to reduce their emissions while they wait for further new tools and technologies to be developed, says CRV managing director James Smallwood.
CRV's new regional sales manager for the Upper North Island, Michelle Bratty, has a mantra: to help farmers succeed.
CRV says it has sourced additional frozen sexed semen straws to cater for demand, as orders from farmers triple those from last season.
Herd improvement company, CRV Ambreed becomes CRV as the Dutch company brings together all its global business units under one brand name.
The NZ agriculture sector is more than just a job for CRV Ambreed’s new managing director James Smallwood.
Widespread use of genetics for low-N dairy cows could result in a 20% reduction in nitrogen leaching in 20 years, says CRV Ambreed.
OPINION: European farmers are going to extreme lengths to have their message heard.
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