This research study outlines the investigative process to determine relevant factors initiating a change from conventional sheep farms to sheep dairy farms on the Canterbury plains and the potential of a sheep milking ...

The urine patch of the grazing cow has been identified as the key source of N loss from pasture-based dairy systems. Although critical to N modelling, quantitative data on the annual area coverage of urine patches in pastures ...

Nitrogen (N) cycling and losses in grazed grassland are strongly driven by urine N deposition by grazing ruminants. The objective of this study was to quantify pasture N concentrations, yield and N uptake following autumn ...

The objective of this study was to develop a new method to quantify seasonal and annual urine patch area coverage under an intensive dairy farming system.

Gender sorted semen, or "sexed-semen" is a new biotechnology available in New Zealand. There are potential benefits associated with its use on dairy farms, including a greater number of heifer calves born allowing for ...