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OPINION: Not everyone will agree with former 'Minister of Everything' Stephen Joyce on his summation of Fonterra when writing recently…
Researchers at the University of Queensland are investigating ways to lift the low success rate of artificial insemination (AI) in sheep.
The 2023 Holstein Friesian sales season has marked the end of an era for not one, but seven established Holstein Friesian studs.
OPINION: Animal diseases are associated with significant increases in livestock greenhouse gas emissions and land use, and reduced productivity. They also pose a threat to food security.
The world authority on animal health has elevated the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) Animal Health Laboratory (AHL) to the top tier of expertise in 2 major honey bee diseases.
According to the DairyNZ’s lameness cost calculator, lameness costs over $500 per lame cow – due to lost production, having to withhold milk from treated animals or reproductive problems.
AI is being used to report on samples with high parasite counts ensuring farmers with high FECs (faecal egg counts) receive results within minutes.
Animal diseases are associated with significant increases in livestock greenhouse gas emissions, land use and reduced productivity.
Farmers are being urged to consider other options to support ewe performance over lambing, following a ban on the sale and use of Bionic Capsules.
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.
Most farmers do their best to make sure the herd has been supplemented before calving and assume this will pass on to the calf.
OPINION: Not everyone will agree with former 'Minister of Everything' Stephen Joyce on his summation of Fonterra when writing recently…
OPINION: A plug is overdue for Meat the Need, who is currently fundraising to help supply more meals to families…
In what appears to be a casualty of the downturn in the agricultural sector, a well-known machinery brand is now…
Westland Milk has reaffirmed its commitment to pay farmer suppliers 10c above Fonterra farm gate milk price for the following…
Weaker pricing and demand from China continue to impact New Zealand red meat export earnings.