Substitute for cow's milk?
OPINION: Scientists claim to have found a new way to make a substitute for cow's milk that could have a radical effect on the dairy industry.
OPINION: The recent Groundswell national protest was surprisingly a fizzer in some rural regions.
In Waikato, our local journalist reported just a handful of people turning out at one of the protest sites.
The number of tractors and utes converging on town centres as part of the protest was also way down compared to the previous event run by Groundswell.
Various reasons are being thrown around for this lackluster response from farmers and rural dwellers in some areas - from the high fuel prices, to a growing disgust with how some extremists and nutters had hijacked the previous protest.
South Waikato farm manager Ben Purua’s amazing transformation from gang life to milking cows was rewarded with the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer award last night.
Bankers have been making record profits in the last few years, but those aren’t the only records they’ve been breaking, says Federated Farmers vice president Richard McIntyre.
The 2023-24 season has been a roller coaster ride for Waikato dairy farmers, according to Federated Farmers dairy section chair, Mathew Zonderop.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) director general Ray Smith says job cuts announced this morning will not impact the way the Ministry is organised or merge business units.
Scales Corporation is acquiring a number of orchard assets from Bostock Group.
Family and solidarity shone through at the 75 years of Ferdon sale in Otorohanga last month.