Dairy Exporter Winter 2024

Biological products are a rapidly growing market and have their place used alongside good agronomic management, but farmers and growers need to understand the products and know where best to use them in their system. Words Heather Chalmers.

There is now a buy-back system dairy farmers can take advantage of, to not only safely dispose of old equipment or refrigerant surplus in the back shed, but also upgrade equipment in their farm dairies. Words Sheryl Haitana

Connecting farmers with workers has never been easier thanks to Canterbury dairy farmer turned app developer, Tony Dodunski and his online platform Ag Assist. Words Sheryl Haitana. Photos Blake and Selene Harvie.

To get the best reproduction results next year means making the right decisions now at dry off. Words Jane Lacy-Hulbert.

Measuring and monitoring key targets leading into spring calving will help keep cows and calves healthy. Words Emma Cuttance

The Jones Family Farm are some of the best tasting all rounder’s we have tried. Cooking with them is a great introduction into sheep milk and will have you crumbling their cheese’s into everything! Recipe & Image Samantha Parish.

As NZ Dairy Exporter counts down to its centenary in 2025, we look back at the issues of earlier decades.

While George Moss, in Tokoroa is buying more greenhouses and focussing on being self sufficient, he is urging industry to lead harder when it comes to managing emissions.

For Waikato farmer Alan Henderson, maize growing is a key component of his dairy farming operation. Words Heather Chalmers.

Thinking ahead can have a significant impact on the success of your season. We talk to Graham Kerr from Barenbrug about the importance of undersowing.