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With the launch of its first wireless farm monitoring camera FMC-IP1, dairy automation company DeLaval now offers farmers the possibility of true real-time monitoring over their livestock and buildings from smartphones, tablets or computers.

WHEN COWS hit the sack in a free-stall barn, they’d rather be on sand than a waterbed, a team of researchers at Massey University has found.

A LEADING geneticist says he thinks the breeding of cows could go further in New Zealand.

A FREE scheme to help dairy farmers lift the reproductive performance of their herds and get more cows in-calf within the first six weeks of mating is being launched this month.

NEXT TIME you’re advised on cow nutrition, ask where the data used to support the advice comes from, because if it’s not New Zealand, it probably isn’t relevant to your farm.

Dairy farmers should take particular care when planning to transport cows in their third trimester of pregnancy, says DairyNZ's Dr Nita Harding.

The country now has more than six million dairy cattle, an increase partly driven by higher milk solid payouts, Statistics New Zealand says.

THE RANGE of body condition scores (BCS) is as important as average BCS at calving on New Zealand dairy farms, says DairyNZ.

Ahead of the facial eczema risk season, farm nutrition company Altum is releasing a new treatment formula.