11 May 2015

Does increasing herd sizes really get farmers any extra money?

From Nine To Noon, 9:05 am on 11 May 2015

Dairy NZ scientist John Roche says between 2003 and 2013 the average dairy farmer added 100 cows to their herd - but he says they're no better off financially because they have to spend more on supplementary feed and are damaging the environment in the process.

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