Takeover bid?
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
Better late than never will likely be some South Island farmers’ response to DairyNZ’s belated drought advice.
Steps to ensure greater and/or more reliable feed supply in the face of “the dry” were needed much earlier in the season and now, for many, the only option is shopping, most likely for palm kernel. PKE probably will, as before, get us out of jail but what’s really needed is a strategic rethink about water use. It’s well known ryegrass isn’t the most efficient or drought resilient species so a bit more maize, lucerne, fescue or wholecrop cereal would go a long way to buffering our systems against rain or irrigation failure. More pit silage instead of the convenient but costly short shelf-life baleage would be a good idea too.
James and Debbie Stewart from Dairylands in Manawatu impressed judges and took out the 2024 Fonterra Responsible Dairying Award.
Manawatu farmers Will Hinton and Kali Rangiawha have scooped the 2024 New Zealand Share Farmers of the Year.
More bull breeders are using genetic tools according to the latest research.
Females are dominating the veterinary profession worldwide and many farmers are welcoming this change in the composition of the profession, says Britain's Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) Professor Christine Middlemiss.
Fonterra has appointed a new chief financial officer, seven months after its last CFO’s shock resignation.
Horticulture NZ chief executive Nadine Tunley will step down in August.
OPINION: Canterbury milk processor Synlait is showing no sign of bouncing back from its financial doldrums.
OPINION: It seems every bugger in this country can get an award these days.