WHAT IS BVD AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT MY FARM?
BVD (bovine viral diarrhoea) is one of the most common and costly diseases in New Zealand cattle. An estimated 35% of dairy herds and 65% of beef herds are currently or recently infected with BVD virus in New Zealand1, and an estimated 80% of New Zealand dairy and beef herds have been exposed to BVD virus at some point in time. More >
ZOETIS- CIDR USAGE. GEORGE WHITELOCK, MANAWATU
George Whitelock runs his herd’s reproductive policy on a relatively simple ethos- namely that an empty cow gives you far fewer options than on that is in calf. More >
CIDR® CATTLE INSERTS HELP DEAL TO BOBBY CONUNDRUM
Gerard and Kate Lynch have always had one eye on where overseas markets are heading and what it may mean for their own dairy and beef operations. Farming dry stock and dairy 20km north-west of Whanganui, they enjoy the business’s flexibility, being able to supply Friesian bulls from their dairy herd to their own bull operation. More >
CIDR® CATTLE INSERTS HELP BOOST OTAPAWA’S STUD SUCCESS
For the past three years a well-planned, well managed CIDR programme has helped Otapawa Polled Hereford stud get more out of their performance focused AI programme, to generate high value commercially viable stud stock. More >
Dry off can be a trying time. It’s the end of a long season for cows and farmers, and everyone is ready for a break. Its important to keep focused though because drying off is the most critical time to set you and your cows up for a smooth season next year.More >
BVD - DISEASE RISK AND AVOIDANCE
While M. bovis and Covid-19 may be competing for farmers’ attention this winter, another equally infectious disease that has lurked in the background for years poses at least as big a threat to farm profitability and livestock health.More >
FARM BIOSECURITY CRITICAL PLANK IN BVD CONTROL
Biosecurity is high on most New Zealanders’ minds this year, thanks largely to Covid-19 and the need to keep it firmly on the country’s border edges to avoid it spreading throughout the community. More >
SUCCESSFUL REPRODUCTION TAKES A TEAM APPROACH
Keeping a dairy breeding programme in high gear requires a daily commitment to following protocols and investing the necessary time to make it work. More >
TRAPPING PROJECT PUTS DENT IN PEST POPULATION
A unique trapping campaign to help farmers reduce the number of rats, and the spread of leptospirosis is starting to report success in Wairarapa.More >
Masterton farmer Matt Wyeth’s particularly bad case of “man-flu” proved to be nearly fatal when he found himself in Southland hospital’s intensive care unit for 8 days after an emergency air lift off Stewart Island.More >
LEPTO AWARENESS - CAROLYN MCBRIDE
Carolyn McBride has religiously vaccinated her Taranaki dairy herd against lepto for the past 30 years, so no one was more surprised than her when she contracted a nasty strain of the disease whose impact still rebounds on her seven years later.More >
