Falling in love with dairy farming

When Ann Linton left Scotland to come to New Zealand on a working holiday the last thing she expected was to find true love on the other side of the world. By: SONITA CHANDAR

Robots lend a helping hand on the farm

Robots can take up the early morning and afternoon milking duties and free up the farmer to complete other important jobs on the farm, writes Jamie Gray.

Keeping cows cool with robotic milking

DAIRYING in the subtropics at Dobies Bight, NSW, Wayne and Paul Clarke know too well the importance of keeping cows comfortable in hot and humid weather. When they installed an automatic milking system (AMS) they entered relatively unchartered territory in terms of keeping cows cool.