Less hot air
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Fonterra has unveiled upgraded ‘application centres’ in Beijing and Shanghai where inhouse chefs demonstrate the co-op’s products for bakery and catering customers.
Easing global dairy prices have prompted one bank to drop its forecast milk price for this season by 60c/kgMS.
Waikato farmers John and Maria van Heuven believe in leaving their 164ha property in a better condition than when they bought it 20 years ago.
Groundswell founder Bryce McKenzie says he is ultimately unsurprised by the results of a recent Curia poll which showed a lack of support for methane emissions pricing.
Fonterra veteran Kelvin Wickham remembers the tough days when he was out in new overseas markets trying to flog off surplus milk.
Fonterra is rejecting claims by rival processors that the co-operative can improperly influence the milk price to boost its raw milk supply.
Sometimes the simplest designs can have a dramatic effect on making a job so much easier.
The Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), is investing $2 million in 18 farm machinery training simulators for use around the country’s Teagasc agricultural colleges.
Irish manufacturer Agri-Spread International has launched a new range of rear discharge manure spreaders to complement its existing range of vertical beater machines offered from six to 18 tonnes.
While New Zealand dairy production is centred around ‘milk from grass’, over the last decade or so, many operators have found that mixer wagons can play an important part in maintaining, or indeed increasing production, particularly in periods of limited grass growth or drought.
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Waikato's Lyncrest Holstein Friesians has made itself a new home in Southland, with fourth generation dairy farmer Dylan Lynch and fiancée Natasha Maybee standing capably at the helm.
Research has found that having semen from three bulls in one straw can increase dairy farmers’ average 56-day Non-Return Rate (NRR) by 4.2%.
Decline in soil physical properties takes considerable expense and many years to correct, and can increase the risk of soil erosion by water or wind.
OSPRI's new more rigorous five-step process has produced its first service provider to achieve NAIT accreditation.
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