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Dairy Beef Opportunities
I come from a sheep and beef farming background in the Whanganui region, where my family has bred low birthweight Hereford bulls for the dairy… Read More
The Crossbreed cow – New Zealand’s cow?
During the 1970’s and 80’s, many Kiwi herds were either Holstein-Friesian (high volume but poor fertility) or Jersey (great fertility and efficiency but smaller volume)… Read More
BW and TOP – mutually exclusive?
Over the course of the last two years, I’ve been fortunate to assist breed societies in the TOP (Traits Other than Production) classifying of dairy… Read More
My American Experience
Mid-way through 2025, I had the opportunity to participate in an exchange programme within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at the University… Read More
Three gold nuggets from 2025
Rather than write an article about a single topic, for a change I thought I’d share with you three little nuggets we collected last season… Read More
One Swallow doesn’t make a Spring!
The origin of this saying comes from the philosopher Aristotle (384BC – 322BC), and can basically be interpreted as ‘a single fortunate event doesn’t mean… Read More
Smoke and mirrors – Genomics and TOP traits
I was looking at the RAS (Ranking of Active Sires) List late last week, and I just about cried. The average Udder Overall score of… Read More
Death by a thousand cuts – the Jersey breed in New Zealand?
The biggest challenge I see for the Jersey breed in NZ is not how they remain relevant to farmers with their own Jersey/Jersey-cross herds, but… Read More