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Dairy Country Connecting New Zealand dairy farmers. Part of the CountryWide family.

Louise Gibson shares why every great sharefarming partnership starts with one thing, a win–win attitude. When both sides...
22/10/2025

Louise Gibson shares why every great sharefarming partnership starts with one thing, a win–win attitude. When both sides focus on shared success, trust, and communication, everything else falls into place.

💬 From financial and legal decisions to cow numbers and per-cow production, her advice is simple: keep the conversation open and make sure everyone wins.

Read the full story in DAIRY Country Spring.
https://hubs.la/Q03PqMCK0

From small regional farms to a globally competitive, tech-driven industry, the Economic Survey marks six decades of New ...
19/10/2025

From small regional farms to a globally competitive, tech-driven industry, the Economic Survey marks six decades of New Zealand dairy’s transformation.

In that time, herd sizes have quadrupled, milk production per cow has nearly doubled, and technology has reshaped the way we farm. But with growth has come new complexity, rising costs, greater financial pressure and environmental challenges.

Read the full article: https://hubs.la/Q03Np7vF0

Putting collars on 3,000 cows in the Wairarapa has improved health, for both the cows and the staff managing them.Farm m...
15/10/2025

Putting collars on 3,000 cows in the Wairarapa has improved health, for both the cows and the staff managing them.

Farm manager Scott Wylie says SenseHub Dairy collars have reduced mating shed time from more than five hours a day to just minutes, while lifting six-week in-calf rates from 62% to 76% and cutting empty rates nearly in half.

Early health alerts now flag issues before they become problems, giving the team confidence and freeing up time to focus elsewhere on farm. For owners Stu and Alex Weatherstone, the investment has delivered higher efficiency, healthier cows, and a happier, less stressed team.

Read the full story in DAIRY Country Spring.
https://hubs.la/Q03Np1fV0

The Southern Dairy Hub (SDH) is carrying out comparative demonstration at scale, looking at a Standard Herd and a Future...
12/10/2025

The Southern Dairy Hub (SDH) is carrying out comparative demonstration at scale, looking at a Standard Herd and a Future Herd, which is focused on greater individual cow performance.

Read the full story in DAIRY Country Spring - out now.
https://hubs.la/Q03Mtnd_0

Cow wearables can provide a treasure trove of information, and forSouth Canterbury farmer Tom Lambie, the technology has...
07/10/2025

Cow wearables can provide a treasure trove of information, and for
South Canterbury farmer Tom Lambie, the technology has delivered some real gems that have led to big gains in productivity and performance.

Read the full story in Dairy Country Spring - OUT NOW!
https://hubs.la/Q03Mtq3G0

Words Anne Lee, Photos Holly Lee.

Simple, repeatable systems are proving to be a winning formula forNorth Otago couple Peter and Emma Smit.They spoke at a...
14/09/2025

Simple, repeatable systems are proving to be a winning formula for
North Otago couple Peter and Emma Smit.

They spoke at a recent Pasture Summit field days to find out just what those systems entail and how the Smits achieve top-performing financial returns.

Read the full story in Dairy Country Spring - OUT NOW!

Words Anne Lee, Photos Holly Lee

12/09/2025

William Morrison shares the story of Morrison Farming's journey to becoming a leader in beef-on-dairy genetics through its Ezicalve programme. He explains how decades of breeding for easy calving and strong growth have shaped their cattle and looks ahead to the Aro Hereford sale on 23 September.

For the last few years, LeAnne Blakelock and her husband Ian Powell have reared 80% non-replacement calves born on farm ...
21/08/2025

For the last few years, LeAnne Blakelock and her husband Ian Powell have reared 80% non-replacement calves born on farm to increase their business productivity while raising the value of their Jersey dairy beef.

LeAnne began experimenting with rose veal a few years ago and is now working with local Taranaki farmer and meat processor Shane McDonald to launch her own Rose Gold Veal brand.

Read the full story in Dairy Country Spring - Out Now

20/08/2025

Dairy Country Spring - Out Now!

In our first edition of DAIRY Country, our team has focused on the connected value chain of beef-on-dairy –the dual-purpose dairy cow producing both milk and meat.There is also a great feature on using technology for heat detection and the rise of wearables like cow collars and tags.

Even though DAIRY Country only comes out twice a year, we are putting out new advice, tips and trends weekly on our DAIRY Country podcast hosted by Anne Lee and our DAIRY Country email newsletter which you can sign up to at https://bit.ly/3HCR9TQ

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Our fresh new look for the podcast!Hosted weekly by award winning agriculture journalist, Anne Lee, from the CountryWid...
14/08/2025

Our fresh new look for the podcast!

Hosted weekly by award winning agriculture journalist, Anne Lee, from the CountryWide team.

Same great episodes as Dairy Exporter, DAIRY Country is your home weekly for everything New Zealand dairy farming!

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