Westbrooke, Victoria; Nuthall, Peter L.
(APEN, 2015)
There is a wide variation in the scale of New Zealand dairy herds, 18% of farmers manage more than 600 cows, while 69% of farmers have herds with less than 400 cows (DairyNZ & LIC 2012/13). The smaller scale farms, those with less than 400 cows, are impor ...