Technology
Data collaboration to make compliance administration faster
Agriculture businesses and organisations are stepping up to help farmers save time with reporting responsibilities and to unlock the value of new devices and software tools. DairyNZ’s 2023 Workplace Productivity survey found New Zealand farmers spend approximately one hour every day on administrative tasks like paperwork and reporting.
Grazing precision = profit
Pasture management has always been a prime focus on the 930-cow, Mid-Canterbury dairy farm owned by the Blair family, but the Pasture Pro update to the Halter management system has sharpened that focus to the point they’re slashing bought-in feed and improving onfarm productivity.
Words Anne lee. Photos Michael Lahood.
Shortcut to find relief workers
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.
Episode 24 – Future insights from South Island Dairy Event
The Dairy Exporter’s Sheryl Haitana and Anne Lee attended the 25th South Island Dairy Expo (SIDE) this week, to catch up on the latest dairy innovations. They chatted to the keynote speakers about resilience and wellbeing, rural bank lending, and the impact new proteins will have on dairy products, and how they can coexist alongside each other.
Episode 9 – How to fine tune your pasture utilisation in Autumn
Two farmers and an agri-tech innovator share their pasture philosophy and learnings from top performing dairy farmers in how they focus on pasture utilisation that leads to better outcomes from people, profitability and the environment.
Shortcut to find relief workers
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 by Sheryl Haitana.
Episode 8 – How bringing all your farm data to the table has better outcomes
Journalist Anne Hardie, along with Sheryl Haitana and Sarah Perriam-Lampp, talk with Reefton dairy farmer, Tom Oats, Lely Waikato sales manager, Tristan McLean and Rob McBeth of Peak Agricultural Consultants about how composting cow barns (‘mootels’) can make a real difference in high-rainfall climates.
Health and safety made easier with onfarm apps
Smart phone apps are now a useful, or even essential, tool with onfarm health and safety, Claire Ashton writes.
Welcome to the Fourth Agricultural Revolution
Data-driven technology is already commonplace on New Zealand farms, and more is predicted. Anne Lee reports.
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.