Displaying items by tag: animal health

Major steps are underway to improve the quality of dairy beef calves.

The worm challenge for sheep and beef farmers is increasing as the warm, moist weather of spring and early summer arrives.

As demand for sexed semen soars, CRV is encouraging dairy farmers to take full advantage of it by using it on the top quartile of their herds.

FIL has launched a new online survey to gain valuable insights into the challenges dairy farmers face in meeting their milk quality and mastitis prevention goals.

Lambing is now well advanced around much of New Zealand, including in areas where drought-like conditions are presenting real challenges for farmers, on top of a poor run of prices for their product.

New Zealand farmers could have access to low methane elite genetics by 2026.

With mastitis being a drain on production, resources and animal health any tools that help dairy farmers to quickly detect the problem, particularly that of subclinical cases, will help dairy farmers maintain a healthy bottom line.

The health and productivity of dairy cow means the difference between a successful or struggling dairy operation, and these can be significantly influenced by proper mineral supplementation.

The 63rd National Holstein Friesian Bull sale this week (September 18) will mark 54 consecutive years that retiring Kerepehi breeder Michael Lynch has entered and sold his bulls at the event.

Taranaki's Zero Possum project has entered a new phase, featuring a high-tech farmland barrier and a few squirts of mayo.