Displaying items by tag: animal health

Early detection of lameness is a crucial factor in maintaining a profitable and healthy dairy herd.

Published in Farm Health

Cow collar technology maker Halter has raised $85 million from an impressive list of investors from around the globe.

Published in Farm Health
Thursday, 13 April 2023 10:55

Dipping done right!

North Otago dipping contractor David Ludemann has seen plenty of chemical families come, and then go.

Published in Farm Health
Friday, 07 April 2023 09:55

Making better breeding decisions

A fertility trait change by New Zealand Animal Evaluation Ltd (NZAEL) will provide more accurate information to dairy farmers and artificial breeding companies ahead of the next mating season.

Published in Farm Health
Friday, 07 April 2023 08:55

Fast-tracking genetic gain

North Otago farmer Francois Tillard is among farmers who have signed up for LIC’s female genotyping service to identify their best heifer calves long before they step up to the milking platform.

Published in Farm Health
Thursday, 06 April 2023 11:55

More milk from less feed

As dry summers persist in the South Island, genetics could hold the answer to helping dairy farmers breed healthy cows that produce more milk from less feed.

Published in Farm Health

After an absence of two years due to Covid and international travel restrictions, the New Zealand Dairy Youth Team returned to Northern Victoria, Australia recently to compete at International Dairy Week (IDW) at Tatura Park.

Published in Farm Health
Monday, 03 April 2023 13:55

RAT tests for FE on the horizon

MPI’s Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund will invest over $35,000 in a project with Tokaora Diagnostics to develop a prototype facial eczema (FE) rapid antigen test (RAT) and undertake field testing.

Published in Farm Health
Friday, 31 March 2023 10:55

Animal health risks following cyclone

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is reminding farmers to protect themselves, their families and stock as cases of Salmonella and Leptospirosis rise in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

Published in Farm Health
Thursday, 23 March 2023 10:55

There's more than one way to blaze a trail

A Taranaki couple that took an unconventional route into dairy farming is proving there is more than one way to blaze a trail.

Published in Farm Health
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