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Milton dairy farmer Chris Wills says he began using probiotics in spring 2023 to address somatic cell count (SCC) grades when cows transitioned from their winter barn to lush spring pasture.

Treat your farm boundary like a border. This was one of the messages delivered to farmers at a recent Beef + Lamb New Zealand Protect Your Patch workshop in Lincoln.

Feeding infected milk is high risk for spreading diseases such as M. bovis.

To ensure optimal growth, health, and wellbeing of calves, feeding strategies should be considered carefully.

Another milestone has been reached in the fight against Mycoplasma bovis with the compensation assistance service being wound up after helping more than 1300 farmers.

The move to bring bovine TB testing in-house at Ospri officially started this month, as a team of 37 skilled and experienced technicians begin work with the disease eradication agency.

Ewe feed requirements lift markedly in the last month before lambing.

Rural supply business PGG Wrightson Ltd has bought animal health products manufacturer Nexan Group for $20 million.

Success in calf rearing is often measured by minimising health issues and achieving target weaning weights.

As dairy farmers know all too well, the calving season brings with it significant nutritional demands on the herd.