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Mastitis prevention and milking efficiency go hand in glove

12 October 2018

Udder health and milk quality are important to farm productivity and profitability.
Simple solutions to everyday problems

08 October 2018

Canterbury farmer Cole Groves is finding simple but effective ways to improve efficiency, accuracy, environmental protection and the wellbeing of his staff and animals.
M. bovis and mating decisions

05 October 2018

Under the current state of heightened biosecurity in New Zealand, DairyNZ has been hearing that some farmers are considering extending their use of artificial breeding (AB).
Farmers take extra precautions this mating season

03 October 2018

Dairy farmers are using a range of tactics including due diligence, quarantine, and virgin bulls, to keep their cows and farms safe from Mycoplasma bovis this mating season.
Find the sweet spot: quality time, quality milk

02 October 2018

Since switching to once-a-day milking 10 years ago to help streamline an expanded business, Leo Vollebregt has seen many improvements for both animals and people.
Supporting farmers through M. bovis

18 September 2018

DairyNZ continues to be actively involved across many areas of the Mycoplasma bovis response.
Bull Breeding Worth shifts reflect increase in value of fat

10 September 2018

In what is the most significant change to global dairy trade in the last 20 years, milk fat will earn dairy farmers more than protein in the 2018/19 season.
Value determines technology uptake

06 September 2018

When farmers can see the value, practicality and people benefits of technology, they’re more likely to take it on board.
Small changes become big milking gains

03 September 2018

South Waikato farmers John, Anne and Chris Poole are seeing great results using the Milksmart approach.
Calving: sustaining a ‘staunch’ team

13 August 2018

At Tainui Dairies near Morrinsville, taking a whanau-centred approach to the calving season ensures everyone in the team is motivated and healthy.
Methane tools in the pipeline

19 July 2018

Methane inhibitors are looking like one of the most promising tools to reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
Low-N cow research underway

16 July 2018

DairyNZ is leading a seven-year research project that aims to breed cattle with less nitrogen in their urine. This research could reduce sector-wide nitrate leaching by 20 percent, as DairyNZ geneticist Mark Camara explains.
DairyNZ education programme on TV3 news!

11 July 2018

Papakura Normal School in Auckland and Ohoka School in Canterbury were filmed by TV3 news while they participated in DairyNZ’s Classified Game of Moostery last week.
Grassroots science holds key to sustainable farming

03 July 2018

Converting from pines to pasture has been an environmental balancing act for Ngāi Tahu’s Paritea Farm in North Canterbury.
DairyNZ statement: Animal welfare

28 June 2018

A statement from DairyNZ relating to video footage in the media today about a sharemilker’s treatment of cows.