Cow health underpins income
A decision to go sharemilking has meant bigger bills, but it has also meant bigger pay cheques and more autonomy for a young Southland couple.
Dodging downer cows
Southlander John Riordan knows just how exhausting, time-consuming and expensive that downer cows are at the start of the season. The former sheep and beef farmer converted to dairy in 2008 when the price of lamb “was going nowhere”.
Empty rates impacted by iodine
The hunt to resolve empty rates in their high-production Southland herd, led Darrell and Julie Wendelgelst on a journey that ended with the Dairy Business Centre’s (DBC) Charlotte Flay.
