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OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
After an absence of two years due to Covid and international travel restrictions, the New Zealand Dairy Youth Team returned to Northern Victoria, Australia recently to compete at International Dairy Week (IDW) at Tatura Park.
Woodville dairy farmer Ben Allomes says the adoption of plantain has been a game changer for his farm system and business.
The New Zealand National Fieldays Society has elected Waikato farmer and businesswoman Jenni Vernon at their recent annual general meeting-their first female president/board chair in the organisation’s 55-year history.
Westmoreland Estate Ltd, which runs three dairy farms in Waikato with a multinational team of workers, recently held its annual performance awards.
Environment Minister David Parker spoke about RMA reform last week at the Environment Defence Society (EDS) conference in Auckland. Here's an excerpt from his speech...
OPINION: There is unease among Fonterra’s 9000 farming families on what the looming Scope 3 emissions target may look like.
OPINION: Greenpeace is continuing its crusade against Fonterra, this time over its 'Simply Milk' product line.
OPINION: One of Fonterra's key markets could soon become self-sufficient in milk.
OPINION: While Tik Tok may be in the bad books of western Governments over security fears, the social media app is proving a boon for some Kiwi companies who are using it to market their products in Asia.
OPINION: Stuart Nash, stripped of his portfolios for big-noting to donors, among other things, will be kept on life support by the PM to avoid a by-election, and, according to one commentator, so he can take the fall when an inquiry on forestry slash goes public.
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Taranaki farmers Donna and Philip Cram are helping DairyNZ demonstrate how constructed wetlands can improve water quality.
Environmental work on-farm helps native fish return to streams, that’s what Aparima dairy farmer Ewen Mathieson is discovering.
Despite a big drop in its half year profit Synlait Milk says there are a number of bright spots as reduced demand sees it extend out its recovery from two to three years.
With continuing levels of low unemployment, recruiting workers to any sector is a continuous challenge for any employer.
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OPINION: An animal activist organisation is calling for an investigation into the use of dairy cows in sexuallly explicit content…
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