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Milking shed

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Milking shed

Although the relative importance of agriculture has declined in both employment and production, many forms of agriculture remain internationally competitive. The largest contributor is dairy farming, where there has been much investment in new technology such as milking sheds. Here a farm consultant points out milking techniques to school pupils from Otago and Southland.

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Otago Daily Times

Reference: 20 March 2004

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Brian Easton, Economy – Agricultural production, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3702/milking-shed (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Brian Easton, published 3 March 2009, updated 1 September 2016.