Dairy Farming
Fonterra's Open Gates Open Day
People have flocked to register to visit Fonterra farms this weekend. Three times the number of people who visited open farms last year want to see farming in action this year. Audio
Fonterra's Open Gates Open Day
People have flocked to register to visit Fonterra farms this weekend. Three times the number of people who visited open farms last year want to see farming in action this year.
AudioUp the creek and off the grid: putting the power back into West Coast farming
Graham Berry has a dairy farm just south of Franz Josef. The born-and-bred West Coaster borrows water from a creek on DOC land to drive a 55-kiloWatt, hydro-electric scheme. Audio, Gallery
Up the creek and off the grid: putting the power back into West Coast farming
Graham Berry has a dairy farm just south of Franz Josef. The born-and-bred West Coaster borrows water from a creek on DOC land to drive a 55-kiloWatt, hydro-electric scheme.
AudioFrom jodhpurs to jerseys - and back again
Matthew Grayling hopes to keep competing on the world equestrian stage — as long as it doesn't coincide with calving season. Audio
From jodhpurs to jerseys - and back again
Matthew Grayling hopes to keep competing on the world equestrian stage — as long as it doesn't coincide with calving season.
AudioM bovis notice to cull: 'You just suffer in silence'
Henk Smit is hurting. M Bovis has been found in his herd and that means culling 800 calves and cows from two farms. He's finding attending to the paperwork and dealing with agencies managing the… Audio
M bovis notice to cull: 'You just suffer in silence'
Henk Smit is hurting. M Bovis has been found in his herd and that means culling 800 calves and cows from two farms. He's finding attending to the paperwork and dealing with agencies managing the…
AudioLait of the Land
Canterbury dairy farmers Wendy and Lance Main are former 'townies'. After working their way up the share-milking ladder, the couple now produce premium milk on their own 250 hectares near Oxford. Audio
Lait of the Land
Canterbury dairy farmers Wendy and Lance Main are former 'townies'. After working their way up the share-milking ladder, the couple now produce premium milk on their own 250 hectares near Oxford.
Audio50 years at Fieldays: Part Two
Geoff Laurent credits the agricultural event Fieldays with helping him grow his farming and veterinary equipment business into a multi-million dollar enterprise. He's been every year since it began. Audio, Gallery
50 years at Fieldays: Part Two
Geoff Laurent credits the agricultural event Fieldays with helping him grow his farming and veterinary equipment business into a multi-million dollar enterprise. He's been every year since it began.
AudioConcern for Calves
Ken Eade milks 550 cows with his son Bruce at Kelso in West Otago. Like most other dairy farmers he is concerned about the spread of Mycoplasma Bovis and the potential impact it will have on the… Audio
Concern for Calves
Ken Eade milks 550 cows with his son Bruce at Kelso in West Otago. Like most other dairy farmers he is concerned about the spread of Mycoplasma Bovis and the potential impact it will have on the…
AudioFarmers at country club: ‘We want to stop the spread’
The Mycoplasma bovis 'road show' headed to Makuri, near Palmerston North, today. John Campbell called the Makuri Country Club to speak to farmers. First up was dairy farmer and Tararua District Mayor… Video, Audio
Living with Mycoplasma Bovis
Jakob Malmo is a vet working in Gippsland, Australia and says M. Bovis must be very carefully managed but farmers there have learned to live with it. Audio
Living with Mycoplasma Bovis
Jakob Malmo is a vet working in Gippsland, Australia and says M. Bovis must be very carefully managed but farmers there have learned to live with it.
AudioFrom cow paddocks to corporate offices
West Coast dairy farmer Katie Milne talks about life on the farm at Rotomanu, educating kids about agriculture, confronting environmental issues and some of the other challenges she's faced so far as… Audio
From cow paddocks to corporate offices
West Coast dairy farmer Katie Milne talks about life on the farm at Rotomanu, educating kids about agriculture, confronting environmental issues and some of the other challenges she's faced so far as…
AudioFebrudairy
Thousands upon thousands of posts have been made during a social media campaign celebrating dairying during the month of February. Country Life talks to Dr Jude Capper, the woman behind Februdairy. Audio
