Jenny Jago of DairyNZ

VIDEO: Low milk prices means caution when investing in new dairy technology

Expensive improvements could make it hard for New Zealand's dairy producers to stay competitive

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes speaks with Jenny Jago, a manager at DairyNZ, on the farm of John Fisher. His operation recently expanded to add 4 robotic milkers on the 80 Hectare farm –located on New Zealand’s North Island, in the Waikato region – where 320 cows are milked each day. A recent and significant drop in



VIDEO: What might New Zealand and Manitoba producers have in common?

VIDEO: What might New Zealand and Manitoba producers have in common?

Manitoba Co-operator reporter Shannon VanRaes is on assignment at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists in New Zealand

Shannon VanRaes of the Manitoba Co-operator is at the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists in Hamilton, New Zealand. Sheep, kiwi, dairy and the Trans-Pacific Partnership are on VanRaes’ agenda as she meets with some of the country’s producers to learn if there’s anything Manitoba producers can learn from New Zealand. Visit the Manitoba Co-operator often as VanRaes’ files videos of






Volunteers load up the last stooks of red spring wheat to finish the threshing demonstration.

VIDEO: Preparing to thresh for the record

Volunteers brought their skills, and their iron, to Winnipeg on Aug. 18 to show the sort of work involved in attempting a world-record threshing bee. The demonstration of old-school threshing was held at the Red River Exhibition fairgrounds as a preview of Harvesting Hope, an event scheduled for July 31 next year at Austin during




VIDEO: eQuipTV: Australia’s machinery history

VIDEO: eQuipTV: Australia’s machinery history

Scott Garvey caught up with retired farmer Kel Archibald at Gunnedah’s AgQuip Field Days. Kel was volunteering at the Gunnedah Rural Museum exhibit and was happy to fill Scott in on Australia’s farming past and how it’s evolved into the modern industry it is today.