date:Aug 14, 2014
northern parts of the Waikato, where tight feed conditions in spring 2014 might impact on calf survival at calving.
The Economic Service estimates the dairy herd increased 0.7 per cent in the year to 30 June 2014, reflecting increasing numbers in the South Island (+2.6 per cent), offset by a slight decline in the North Island (-0.5 per cent).