Lumpy Pasture
Uneven pasture has been noticeable around the district and often occurs when the grass is growing well. The unevenness is due to nutrient deficits. Nitrogen is often the limiting nutrient and when nitrogen has been applied and the pasture is still lumpy then it is...
Managing Mastitis
Mastitis and cell count elevation go hand in hand. Over the years many mastitis detection tools have been developed and all work on the basis that the changing chemical composition of mastitis milk is characterised by the change of individual parameters, these are...
Mating
Few things affect farm financial viability more than getting cows in-calf early. Mating for a short time seems like being a great idea after “slogging through the required workload” of spring time. Anything to make things easier. Unfortunately empty cows have a...
Mycoplasma Testing
During the autumn, to screen for the bacteria Mycoplasma bovis, bulk milk samples have been collected from milking herds every fortnight throughout New Zealand and testing of these samples has finally concluded in the last couple of weeks. From these bulk milk tests,...