Sheep, goat dairy farmers must aim to export
Waikato Milking Systems product and project manager Andy Geissmann believes there’s plenty of scope for Kiwis working in the emerging sheep and goat dairy sectors to export.
Lean lessons from Toyota for Kiwi dairy farmers
What could the tachinbo, kaizen and ishikawa techniques of a Toyota assembly plant offer to a Kiwi dairy farm? Plenty, says Jana Hocken – in fact enough to fill a book.
AgResearch project to determine whether dairy cows can be potty trained
Potty training Daisy the cow and the rest of New Zealand’s 4.99 million-strong dairy herd may seem fanciful, but that is exactly what AgResearch scientists are attempting in a new study.
Livestock numbers surge as Canterbury farms convert to dairy
The number of livestock per hectare in Canterbury surged 42 per cent in the past 15 years as farms were converted from sheep to dairying, Stats NZ says.
Canterbury lamb gives way to dairy
Canterbury has seen a 42 percent increase in livestock per hectare in the past 15 years, though Waikato and Taranaki are the most intensively farmed regions, Stats NZ said today.
Cash injection for Tararua dairy farmers’ crusade against nitrate leaching
A trial to reduce nitrogen leaching by planting a common weed on Tararua dairy farms has been boosted by a cash injection.
Cash injection for Tararua dairy farmers' crusade against nitrate leaching
A trial to reduce nitrogen leaching by planting a common weed on Tararua dairy farms has been boosted by a cash injection.
Nait a difficult beast but NZ 'had no chance' against M. bovis without it
Of 150 farms which had their history of animal movements checked as part of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme, only one had accurate information.
Nait a difficult beast but NZ ‘had no chance’ against M. bovis without it
Of 150 farms which had their history of animal movements checked as part of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme, only one had accurate information.
Compensation for Mycoplasma bovis tops $50m
Farmers affected by the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis have so far been paid more than $50 million in compensation.
