Dairy Exporter June 2021

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STOCK CALVING KIT

Kitted out for calving We asked Manawatu farm manager Hayley Hoogendyk to give us a rundown of what’s in her calving kit. MILK FEVER BAGS

RED SPRAY PAINT

DEXTROSE BAGS

TORCH

There are 10+ in a box. We keep them as spares as we have them on all our bikes anyway, but it’s super important to have them available and not have to muck around going into the shed to get some more.

This is a bag of glucose to go in the vein only. It gives the cow a quick energy boost after a hard calving, or if she is down with milk fever on a cold wet day.

For marking any cow that’s had Engemycin, as she is in milk withholding, and doesn’t want her colostrum kept, as the bobbies get colostrum and we can’t have them getting any with drugs in it.

A spare torch in case our headlamps go flat.

ENERGY DRENCH

A few 1L bottles of energy drench. It has all the goods in it for a cow that needs assistance calving as long as she doesn’t have milk fever and we have checked she can swallow, it just gives her an extra boost.

CALVING ROPE

We keep a spare as we each have one ready on our bikes anyway.

CALVING HANDLES

This gives more grip on the calving rope when it’s wet.

KETOMAX

Every cow that we assist with calving gets a 10ml jab of ketomax straight away to help reduce swelling and help her feel better faster. Faster recovery from calving = better start to season. Also beneficial to give the calf a weight relevant dose if the calving was tough on the calf.

ENGEMYCIN

To give any cows that had a hard calving, or that we think is likely to have retained membranes because it’s better to get it in her sooner rather than later.

HEMOPLEX

A boost of vitamins and minerals for animals during stressful times, given to any cows we assist with calving.

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Income gains from tiny spaces

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Four attributes of colostrum management

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Meal not metal

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pages 74-75

Off for a comfy liedown

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pages 72-73

Kitted out for calving

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pages 70-71

TO BE REGENERATIVE: verb, not noun

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pages 46-47

European market rebounding, but Chinese risk

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page 18

Editor's note

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page 7

50 years ago in the Dairy Exporter June

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pages 90-92

Generating value from dairy beef

1min
page 89

An efficient rotary system

1min
page 88

Minimum wage rise no joke

5min
pages 86-87

Conversations save lives

6min
pages 84-85

Staying strong onfarm

5min
pages 82-83

The perfect farming match

7min
pages 76-79

How resilient areNew Zealand pastures?

3min
pages 80-81

The good soil: Reducing nitrogen fertiliser

2min
page 65

Making a game plan to improve the whenua

6min
pages 66-69

The effluent efficiency experts

8min
pages 62-64

The science-based organic advocate

9min
pages 58-61

Taking grazing to the next level

6min
pages 54-57

On a ‘regen journey’

5min
pages 52-53

Aligned for the future

9min
pages 42-45

Engage but ground the practice in science

5min
pages 49-51

Once-a-day milking stigma a “thing of the past”

2min
pages 40-41

Eliminating human error

2min
page 39

Once-a-day ‘OKIE DOKIE’ for Oaklands

10min
pages 34-37

Want to change milking frequency? Plan for it

3min
page 38

Connecting on the rural business journey

4min
pages 30-31

NZ Merino embraces regenerative agriculture

4min
pages 32-33

One shot at wintering right

2min
pages 28-29

Chinese tea, with a cream twist

3min
pages 26-27

Farming with a higher purpose

8min
pages 22-25

Steady as she goes for dairy market

2min
pages 20-21

A lifetime of memories

3min
page 13

Irish margin biggest in Europe

6min
pages 14-17

Embracing change for good

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page 12

Younger than 50, older than 60

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page 11

Breaking barriers

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