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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…
OPINION: Talkback radio was just one forum running hot with angry takes on the decision to tax farmers for livestock farts last week. The anger, and support for farmers, went much wider than rural communities.
OPINION: If the recent bloodbath the left suffered in the local election lurch to the right wasn't a clear enough sign that Labour are out of touch with the electorate, then the Government's farm emissions policy announcement is surely the final proof.
European dairy co-operative Arla says, from next year, the milk price paid to farmer suppliers will be linked to environmental sustainability.
Waikato-based niche dairy producer Canary Foods has been bought by Westland Milk Products.
New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) has an alumni network.
Fonterra's departing chief financial officer Marc Rivers says delivering the co-op's annual results for the final time made for an emotional day.
Farmer confidence could be headed up, according to the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey, but farm costs remain a worry.
A recent trip to the Green Isle as a guest of Enterprise Ireland allowed Dairy News to take a closer look at Irish agriculture and a look at one of its leading educational and research centres.
DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel says he believes that dairy farmers are still under a lot of pressure, having come through Covid and a period where there have been significant staff shortages.
Wanted urgently - some sunny weather in the Waikato to help lift milk production.
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To mark Mental Health Awareness week, Taranaki dairy farmer Kane Brisco recently joined a recent DairyNZ podcast to share some timely advice on how farmers could take care of themselves.
Moves by the Government to raise the wage threshold for migrant workers have some farmers up in arms.
LIC's new general manager operations and service Mark Julian wants to continue helping farmers breed better cows and boost productivity.
DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel says, while the proposal has adopted many key recommendations from the He Waka Eke Noa Partnership, the Government has made significant changes that will be a focus for the sector during the six-week consultation.
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