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: Car maker BMW is partnering with a California dairy farm to turn effluent into clean energy to power its electric cars.
BMW and California's Straus Organic Dairy Farm will install a methane biodigester in Marshall, California that will be responsible for capturing methane from cow manure, converting it to renewable energy which will be sent to the power grid.
The German company describes the strategy as a one-two punch that will help deliver 'extraordinarily efficient' electric cars.
Not only will its EVs produce zero emissions while driving, but cleaner energy for the grid will help make charging cars more sustainable too.
Labour's agriculture spokesperson Jo Luxton says while New Zealand needs more housing, sacrificing our best farmland to get there is not the answer.
Profitability issues facing arable farmers are the same across the world, says New Zealand's special agricultural trade envoy Hamish Marr.
Over 85% of Fonterra farmer suppliers will be eligible for customer funding up to $1,500 for solutions designed to drive on-farm efficiency gains and reduce emissions intensity.
Tighter beef and lamb production globally have worked to the advantage of NZ, according to the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
Groundswell is ramping up its 'Quit Paris' campaign with signs going up all over the country.
Some farmers in the Nelson region are facing up to five years of hard work to repair their damaged properties caused by the recent devastating floods.
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
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