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Research and innovation in New Zealand’s most valuable export industry has received a significant boost with the signing of an agreement between The University of Auckland, industry-good body DairyNZ, farmer cooperative LIC (Livestock Improvement Corporation) and New Zealand’s largest Crown Research Institute, AgResearch. Continue →
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By Peter Owens According to Robin McNeil of Venture Southland, the annual energy use in a typical Southland dairy farm milking shed is around 100,000kWh, or 160kWh for each cow and peak electrical load for a typical dairy shed is currently around 50 kW (plus 2,000kWh per hectare per year for land that is irrigated). Continue →