Dairy Farming

Twenty-eight-year-old Richard Waugh buys in 50 tonnes of waste vegetables each week to feed his herd. Audio

A  Manawatū dairy farming family is enjoying spending more time together after they installed robots in their dairy shed. Video, Audio

Three farms are now using start-up company Halter's cow collars that use sound and vibration to guide cows around the farm and to keep them contained, without the use of fences. Audio, Gallery

Johan Buys spends his days tending cows' feet. It can be a mucky job but he says it's enormously satisfying watching a cow that was lame stroll painlessly back to the paddock. Audio, Gallery

When Paul Awaikera graduated from Lincoln University he decided not to go back to the Solomon Islands as his degree focused on temperate agriculture. Back home because it's tropical, he says it… Audio

Waikato farmers Bart and Vanessa van de Ven have battled through a couple of trying calving seasons but this year they have had time to 'cruise'. Bart says brilliant weather has helped but he's also… Audio

Whitford dairy farmer Donald Pearson bequeathed his dairy farm and all its cows to New Zealand Young Farmers. There are plans to build an education centre on the farm so that children from nearby… Audio

Teina McIntyre and Cailtin McRae can't wait to find a job on a dairy farm. They are two of seven students taking part in Dairy NZ's first GoDairy free, training course for people looking at changing… Audio

Graham and Tess Smith live in a beautiful valley 50 minutes' drive south of Hamilton. Their dairy farm is tiny by today's standards with just 83 cows but that's just the way Graham wants it. He also… Audio, Gallery

Lincoln University PhD student Cameron Marshall is studying a genetic line for a trait in dairy cows that leads to less nitrogen in urine. Audio