Displaying items by tag: animal health

Gore dairy farmers Doug and Josephine Dodds are leading their 111-year-old family farm into the future by combining established genetics with more efficient farming infrastructure.

Cambridge farmer Ashlea Kowalski believes strategies that reduce farmer injuries during the calving season are low cost and easily adopted.

New results from long-running research suggest that farmed animals bred for less impact on the climate are as healthy and produce meat quality just as good, if not better.

A new rubber ring applicator and pain relief delivery device, which provides up to 70% pain reduction in lambs after application, was recently put through its paces on farm.

CRV says its dairy beef sales have grown by 15% since last year as farmers take a more strategic approach to breeding and look to diversify their income streams.

Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) is a common but devastating viral infection of cattle in New Zealand.

Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) says a recently released draft of an updated Deer Code of Welfare is “a positive forward-looking document”.

Feeding pregnant ewes a more diverse diet will benefit the lambing process, according to recent research carried out by Lincoln University.

High quality feed, reduced stocking rates and shelter will all help enhance triplet lamb survival and ultimately benefit the bottom line.

As the Traits Other Than Production (TOP) and classification season approaches, farmers are eager to find out how their cows will score on a national scale of excellence.