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DairyAugust 5

Outstanding in her field: Taieri cow co-wins top Holstein Friesian regional competition

For the first time, the top prize in the Holstein Friesian New Zealand Otago Progeny Competition has a joint winner.
Shawn McAvinue
Outstanding in her field: Taieri cow co-wins top Holstein Friesian regional competition
Outstanding in her field: Taieri cow co-wins top Holstein Friesian regional competition
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DairyAugust 5

Bark chip calving pad provides many benefits on dairy farm in Eastern Southland

A bark chip calving pad reduces soil damage, ensures a herd gets their minerals and makes a diet transition and calving easier, an Eastern Southland sharemilker says.
Shawn McAvinue
Bark chip calving pad provides many benefits on dairy farm in Eastern Southland
Bark chip calving pad provides many benefits on dairy farm in Eastern Southland
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DairyAugust 5

New dairy calves arrive on straw bedding in barn in Eastern Southland

A calving barn is making life easier for a team of dairy farmers in Eastern Southland.
Shawn McAvinue
New dairy calves arrive on straw bedding in barn in Eastern Southland
New dairy calves arrive on straw bedding in barn in Eastern Southland
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DairyJuly 29

Teaching inmates skills is rewarding work on prison dairy farm in South Otago

The cows are back home on a South Otago prison and inmates training for a brighter future will help deliver their calves soon.
Shawn McAvinue
Teaching inmates skills is rewarding work on prison dairy farm in South Otago
Teaching inmates skills is rewarding work on prison dairy farm in South Otago
DairyJuly 22

Progression opportunities to farm ownership remain

Dairy farmers Ann and Scott Henderson have proven property agents wrong and bought their first farm.
Shawn McAvinue
Progression opportunities to farm ownership remain
Progression opportunities to farm ownership remain
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DairyJuly 22

Right mentors, attitude key to farm ownership: young farmer

Dairy farming is the best way to progress to land ownership in the primary sector “by a long shot” but it takes longer than it once did, Federated Farmers share farmer chair Marcus Frost says.
Shawn McAvinue
Right mentors, attitude key to farm ownership: young farmer
Right mentors, attitude key to farm ownership: young farmer
DairyJuly 15

Barn to ‘future-proof’ family farm

The introduction of winter milking will help pay for the construction of a more than $2 million barn on a family dairy farm in Southland.
Barn to ‘future-proof’ family farm
Barn to ‘future-proof’ family farm
DairyJuly 8

Taieri dairy farmer repurposes shed to host heifers

Dairy farmer Cam Edgecombe bought deer property Black Forest Park to support his nearby sharemilking business on the Taieri.
Taieri dairy farmer repurposes shed to host heifers
Taieri dairy farmer repurposes shed to host heifers
DairyJuly 1

Water quality a constraint and opportunity, milk processor says

Water quality is the biggest constraint to growth on dairy farms, a milk processor says.
Water quality a constraint and opportunity, milk processor says
Water quality a constraint and opportunity, milk processor says
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