Dairy Exporter March 2021

An inter-generational farming family in eastern Waikato have achieved consistently low somatic cell counts. Elaine Fisher describes how they do it.

Mastitis expert Steve Cranefield is urging farmers to take more pride in lowering their herd’s somatic cell count.

If we stand on a nail or stub our toe badly what’s the first thing we reach for? Normally pain relief like paracetamol or ibuprofen. When a cow is lame however we don’t always jump to the same treatment. Make no mistake, cows...

Coccidia parasites are widespread in NZ, and are often ingested by calves causing intestinal damage, and sometimes resulting in bloody scours

Republishing articled appeared in Dairy Farmer Aug 2020 edition. Written by: Samantha Tennent, DairyNZ developer and In-Calf program Non-cycling or anoestrous cows are a challenge. Cows are in a race against ti...

Genomic selection. Speed-breeding. DNA screening. Call it what you will, modern biotechnology has given us the ability to breed better animals, faster, in ways that would have seemed beyond our reach only a generation ago....

Money in the bank   Find dirty cows early & reap multiple rewards    Imagine if you could improve your 6 week in-calf rate in ‘dirty’ cows by nearly 10% and increase your number of ea...

Mating is a busy time so the opportunities to improve 6 week in-calf rates may be lost if a robust plan is not in place to ensure every cow receives the attention it needs, to get back in calf as early as possible. Within a h...