Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
OPINION: Dairy without the cow is coming to a fridge near you in Australia.
Eden Brew, an Australian startup, is promising consumers "an alternative option, without an alternative experience" via its lab brewed version of 'milk' that it claims can credibly mimic cow's milk in every way - without triggering allergies or ethical concerns.
Supported by years of CSIRO research, the company says it can "produce the same proteins found in cow's milk using precision fermentation, essentially enabling [it] to 'brew' milk."
"It has the same building blocks of cow's milk, it's just made in a different oven," says Jim Fader, the company's CEO.
Time will tell.
Managing director of Woolover Ltd, David Brown, has put a lot of effort into verifying what seems intuitive, that keeping newborn stock's core temperature stable pays dividends by helping them realise their full genetic potential.
Within the next 10 years, New Zealand agriculture will need to manage its largest-ever intergenerational transfer of wealth, conservatively valued at $150 billion in farming assets.
Boutique Waikato cheese producer Meyer Cheese is investing in a new $3.5 million facility, designed to boost capacity and enhance the company's sustainability credentials.
OPINION: The Government's decision to rule out changes to Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) that would cost every farmer thousands of dollars annually, is sensible.
Compensation assistance for farmers impacted by Mycoplama bovis is being wound up.
Selecting the reverse gear quicker than a lovestruck boyfriend who has met the in-laws for the first time, the Coalition Government has confirmed that the proposal to amend Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) charged against farm utes has been canned.