Dairy Exporter May/June 2023
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.
Attention to seven wonders can lift yields
Leading US crop scientist Fred Below was keynote speaker at this year’s Foundation for Arable Research’s Premier Maize Event. By Raewyn Densley.
Diversifying onfarm spreads risk
Diversification has made all the difference for a Bay of Plenty dairy farming couple. By Delwyn Dickey.
Investment saves all round
Safer and less physical workplaces have the potential to attract and retain staff. By Karen Trebilcock.
Coping with collars
A series of field days at farms in Southland and South Otago showed farmers the finer points of using cow wearables. By Karen Trebilcock.
Redundancy is the target
Hayden and Alecia Lawrence have just spent two weeks on holiday in Australia in the middle of autumn calving leaving their herd manager to handle multiple autumn and spring mobs. The capacity to enjoy such freedom has come from making key investments, from an expensive farm dairy to using the free management tool Trello. Sheryl Haitana reports.
How to get, and keep your staff
You’re not employing yourself when you’re looking to attract and then retain staff. Anne Lee.