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Calving season is around the corner and now is the time to start planning and preparing.

DairyNZ veterinary technical policy advisor Nita Harding says normally not too many cows need to be slaughtered on dairy farms.

The cow carcases photographed by Farmwatch appear to have been tipped over a bank into a gully -- not an offal pit, said spokesman John Darroch.

Riparian buffers and constructed wetlands reduce contaminant loss to waterbodies, but by how much?

The good Farming Practice Action Plan for Water Quality launched this month is another way dairy and the wider agricultural sector are working in partnership to improve water quality in New Zealand, says DairyNZ.

Last month saw the annual release of the DairyNZ Economic Farm Survey and the NZ Dairy Statistics.

Wintering cows on crops is a common strategy to help keep them in good condition, but it may result in them getting sick. 

DairyNZ has responded to shocking footage of a Northland sharemilker hitting cows with an iron rod.

Dairy farmers at Fieldays went searching for information on Mycoplasma bovis.

DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb NZ are recommending postponing calf days or looking for alternative events while the Mycoplasma bovis eradication plan is underway.