Cow plan relies on flawed tracking system
The Government plans to eradicate mycoplasma bovis over 10 years, but will start by allowing mass stock movements from Friday that rely on a discredited tracking system, Thomas Coughlan reports.
Mycoplasma bovis cow disease to cost farmers $278m
Most farmers are reconciled with shelling out $278m as part of their cost to banish the Mycoplasma bovis cow disease from New Zealand shores.
Will Irish farmers have to diaper their cows after Effin dung case?
The Irish farming community is in a lather after a dairy farmer in County Limerick was fined $350 last week for the dung a judge says his cows left on a road, causing a motorcycle accident.
Scientists can 'knock out' major cow's milk allergen
Kiwi scientists have discovered a new way to knock out a major milk allergen by editing a cow’s genome.
Why Qatar is raising cows in the desert
The Saudis refuse to sell them milk, so the world’s richest country is making its own.
Robots use lasers to milk dairy cows
Dairy farmer and Darigold Chairman, Leroy Plagerman, says the cows actually like the robots better.
Environment Minister admits some dairy farmers may have to reduce cow numbers under tough new waterway pollution rules
Environment Minister David Parker has made a stunning admission that dairy farmers may have to reduce cow numbers in some parts of the country to meet tough new regulations being considered by the Government.
In Japan, Doing More With Less Means Getting a Robot to Milk Your Cows
National push for automation reaches farms, as human workforce heads out to pasture.
Peak cows, peak milk and Fonterra's dilemma
ANALYSIS: New Zealand reached peak dairy cows at 5.02 million in 2014-15 and numbers are now in slow decline. Peak milk was reached the same year at close to 1.9 billion kilograms of milk solids and has since bounced around a few per cent lower.
New tech will allow Waikato farmers to herd, manage cows using mobile app
An agtech company aims to give Waikato farmers the ability to shift cow herds from the comfort of their couch by the end of the year.