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2016 Dairy Business of the Year Landcorp Ruapehu
Published 27/06/16
Walton farmers Rex and Sharon Butterworth were named runner-up and also won the regional award for best Waikato farm.
Read MoreCows win top marks at robot school
Published 30/05/16
Waikato's Braemar Farm has been a sort of open air school for humans and cows this season - and it's the cows which have emerged the star pupils. Lowe...
Read MoreHappy, healthy cows repay care 10-fold
Published 02/05/16
Rex Butterworth leans on his farm gate watching his cows with a big smile on his face. Some are eating, some are lying down. More importantly, they ha...
Read MoreIncreased equity, productivity planned
Published 01/05/16
Shifting to split calving will enable the farm bring run by lower order sharemilkers Chad and Jan Winke to not only be more productive but also enable...
Read MoreI love the reliability of maize
Published 21/04/16
Waikato farmers Rex and Sharon Butterworth were the Waikato regional winners of the 2015 Dairy Business of the Year. The couple also won the Business Resilience Award, which was given to the farm with the lowest cost of production.
Read MoreTaking care of their most precious asset
Published 28/03/16
Anne Boswell talks to a Bay of Plenty dairy farming family - a perfect example of farmers contributing to a healthy environment, rather than diminishing it.
Read MoreNew barn to boost feed efficiency
Published 21/03/16
Despite the payout a farmer is forging ahead with a new cow barn
Read MoreBuilding a winning business
Published 07/03/16
Rex Butterworth leans on his farm gate in the Waikato watching his cows with a big smile on his face. Some are eating, some are lying down. More importantly, they have shade on what is a stinking hot day.
Read MoreBay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environmental Awards 2016
Published 01/03/16
Resident 'vocalists' greet visitors to the Birchall family dairy farm with a delightful sound once familiar but now seldom heard - that of frogs croak...
Read MoreGuardians of the lake
Published 14/02/16
We recognised there was an issue wintering cows on the coast and using wintering pads, and one of the shingle pads that was here was near the lake. There were other benefits from the HerdHomes as well like feed utilisation and cow condition.
And it's peace of mind, being able to put the milkers in there or get them off the paddocks.
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