Milking Platform
Getting ready for ‘mooving’
Canterbury sharemilkers Glenn Jones and Sarah Brett are set to take on a new farm.
Stick to your knitting, it always pays
Once-a-day milking has paid off this season for Penelope and Blair Drysdale at Te Miro, near Norsewood, Penelope writes.
Flashback to conversion
John Milne reflects on the family’s conversion of a beef and sheep farm to dairy.
Introducing Milking Shorthorns to the mix
Anieka Templer introduces herself and family to Milking Platform.
First-hand education
Anne-Marie Wells enjoys showing farm visitors what really goes on behind the farm gate.
Welcome to Farmer Time
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.
Taking the low-tech route
Any improvement on safety or a saving in time and effort at this time of the year is gold, writes Richard Reynolds.
Someone said I couldn’t do it
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.
Changes in an uncertain environment
Transitioning to a System 1 operation with A2 cows is in progress for Pete Morgan on his farm at Pokuru, near Te Awamutu.
Running on MT
Farmers and vets say high-producing cows are struggling to conceive, George Moss writes.