Supermarkets are not milking dairy farmers dry: the myth that obscures the real problem
Australia’s federal agriculture minister, David Littleproud, has called for a boycott of supermarket-branded milk.
Dairy Farms Have Embraced Automated Milking And It's Actually Helping Their Cows
On more and more farms around the world, cows are milking themselves — and it’s contributing to happier cows, younger farmers, and a thriving dairy industry.
Dairy focus: Milking 280 cows per hour in Co. Limerick
Farming in Granagh, Co. Limerick, the Hanrahan family run thriving dairy, pig and beef enterprises on almost 600ac.
Perception of dairy farming a long way from reality
Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/101315168/perception-of-dairy-farming-a-long-way-from-reality
Cattle Inventory Indicates Potential Expansion in the Dairy Sector
The dairy herd inventory was up 1 percent during 2017, adding 54,000 head to last year’s Jan. 1 number. ( Wyatt Bechtel ) The recently released Jan. 1 Cattle Inventory report kicks off the year with hard numbers on both the dairy and beef cattle herd. This highly anticipated report is one of the few […]
Once-a-day versus three-in-two milking
Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/advice/99827999/onceaday-versus-threeintwo-milking
Farmers buying feed to keep cows milking as drought ravages coastal Taranaki
Herds are being dried off months early on some farms and dozens of cows are being culled as feed runs out in drought-hit coastal Taranaki.
By: CATHERINE GROENESTEIN
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/100839871/farmers-buying-feed-to-keep-cows-milking-as-drought-ravages-coastal-taranaki
Milking with drones – Farmer Fowles' high-tech hovering herding helper
An enterprising Taranaki farmer isn’t following the herd when it comes to innovation – he’s flying above it instead thanks to a $1000 drone aircraft.
By: MIKE WATSON
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/100020911/milking-with-drones–farmer-fowles-hightech-hovering-herding-helper
Spring Sheep Milking outlines industry growth strategy
Spring Sheep Milk Company wants to grow New Zealand’s fledgling ovine milk industry into a multi million dollar high value business over the next decade.
By: GERALD PIDDOCK
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/99442729/spring-sheep-milking-outlines-industry-growth-strategy
Milking machine creator recognised 100 years after his invention revolutionised dairy farming
Exactly 100 years have passed since an invention from a little-known Pahiatua farmer revolutionised dairy farming around the world.
By: GERALD PIDDOCK
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/99362818/milking-machine-creator-recognised-100-years-after-his-invention-revolutionised-dairy-farming