Technology
New uses for cow wearables trialled in beef herds
Annette ScottDec 6, 2023
CowManager and Halter both hailed as potential game-changers for sector.
App puts war on pests in users’ hands
Farmers WeeklyDec 5, 2023
Find-A-Pest helps people to identify and report invasive species.
GMOs a world food solution, not a problem
Neal WallaceDec 5, 2023
Ag Symposium taken through 40 years of GM developments.
New tech could make weekly farm walks a thing of the past
Dairy FarmerDec 4, 2023
Aimer Farming have been working on a new tool that utilises a smartphone camera to read pasture cover.
Urine sensors set to help reduce N loss
Farmers WeeklyDec 1, 2023
The pee is not silent as scientists devise way to monitor ‘urination events’ by the sound they make.
Alliance deploys probes to gauge eating quality
Farmers WeeklyDec 1, 2023
Artificial intelligence helps give real-time readings on intramuscular fat and marbling.
Too much gas for grass to handle, study shows
Richard RennieNov 29, 2023
New research contradicts the ‘closed loop’ theory of grassland GHG sequestration wiping out the emissions of the livestock grazing it.
Tackling productivity cow by cow
Richard RennieNov 28, 2023
AgResearch scientists are contributing to a programme that aims to lift the productivity of India’s millions of dairy farms, one cow at a time.
Danone funds major methane research drive
Farmers WeeklyNov 27, 2023
Dairy company partners with Global Methane Hub to speed up research into practical solutions.
Looking for the high ground in NZ soil carbon survey
Richard RennieNov 27, 2023
Rural Land Co keen to learn its numbers as first round of national carbon sampling nears completion.
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