List of Recent Articles

Clear eyes for "Gingerbread" heifers.

This article is an MSD Animal Health advertorial regarding Pinkeye control in heifers

Cost comparisons lead to greater security.

A clean and safe workplace.

Shock Resignation puts vote in focus.

Doing things differently is working - Mick O'Connor - Terrace Farm Contract Milker - Canterbury & New Zealand Farm Manager of the Year.

Long-running battle now over for Fonterra director.

Scoring a Five - Conditioning cows pays dividends.

This article from the March 2012 issue of the Inside Dairy magazine relates to Dairy Holdings and its use of BCS (Body Condition Scoring) as a management tool.

Tim & Lorraine Johnson - Millvale - The greatest gift of all - a happy community life

Tim & Lorraine are the Dairy Industry Awards Otago Region Sharemilkers of the Year.  This article is from the Dairy Exporter Magazine May 2011 and the article is reproduced here with permission of the publisher NZX Agri

Tim & Lorraine Johnson - Millvale - Otago Sharemilkers of the Year

These field notes are from the Field Day held on Millvale Dairy - where Tim & Lorraine Johnson are the 50:50 Sharemilkers.

Volunteer Fire Crew cuts cows free

This article is in relation to the 7.1 earthquake that hit Canterbury at 4.35am on Saturday 4th September directly affecting one farm with cows already on the rotary milking platform. This article by Kathy Graham is from The Dairyman magazine - October 2010.

Build business performance, by people

The most productive, profitable farm businesses don't just have a great leader - they have a great team - Article from Inside Dairy - July 2010.

Responsible Resource Management 

A Recent Article on Dairy Holdings Irrigation Development and Mangement - Canterbury Today June/July 2010.

IIPNZ - Investors in People New Zealand 

Assessing our people management for international best practice - from the NZ Dairy Exporter September 2009 

David & Lee Luff - 50:50 Sharemilkers 

Acton - Mid-Canterbury - from the NZ Dairy Exporter September 2009 

Keri & Snow Johnston - Alford Park - Heifer Grazing Unit   

Staveley - Mid-Canterbury - from the Straight Furrow magazine - 13th January 2009, page 12

Jeff Curtis & Dawn Dalley - Dry Stock Manager    

Mr Gingerbread - Mid-Canterbury -  from the NZ Dairy Exporter November 2007

Peter & Helen McLaren - Manager    

Tutaki - West Coast - from the NZ Dairy Industry Awards Trust Website

Hayden & Rachael Finch - 50:50 Sharemilkers  

Mossburn - Mid-Canterbury - from the NZ Dairy Exporter October 2007

Juddy & Rachel Taylor - 50:50 Sharemilkers  

Kanuka - Oxford - from dexcelink magazine Autumn 2006, pages 4-5

Ravensdown Newsletter - Autumn 2006 

Supporting Dairy Systems - from Ravendown Autumn 2006 Magazine