Milking Platform

John Milne reflects on the family’s conversion of a beef and sheep farm to dairy.

Anieka Templer introduces herself and family to Milking Platform.

Anne-Marie Wells enjoys showing farm visitors what really goes on behind the farm gate.

Hundreds of kilometres from an Ashburton dairy farm, a group of primary school students are kept up to date on the farm’s busy activities. By Anne Hardie.

Any improvement on safety or a saving in time and effort at this time of the year is gold, writes Richard Reynolds.

Cambridge contract milker Chloe Mackle featured in February Dairy Exporter’s Young Country section and has joined the magazine’s team of Milking Platform contributors.

Transitioning to a System 1 operation with A2 cows is in progress for Pete Morgan on his farm at Pokuru, near Te Awamutu.

Farmers and vets say high-producing cows are struggling to conceive, George Moss writes.

Taranaki dairy farmer Trish Rankin shares what she loves about farming.

Farmers’ resilience to most storms, whether Covid or literal, is the key to success, Hamish Hammond writes.