Microchipping cows
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
With NIWA predicting a hot, dry summer, farmers are being encouraged to consider once-a-day (OAD) milking as a low-cost strategy to minimise the impact of dry conditions on next season, while looking after their cows and their team.
Dairy professional Rob Brazendale has joined Perrin Ag as the consultancy firm looks to strengthen its support of farmers and growers.
Mind your negative language to farmers: that’s the message to rural professionals dealing with dairy farmers in the lower North Island.
Smart pasture management can give the average dairy farmer an extra $40,000 of feed, according DairyNZ’s team leader for productivity, Rob Brazendale.
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
OPINION: Legislation being drafted to bring back the controversial trade of live animal exports by sea is getting stuck in the…