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OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
The 2022-23 farmgate milk price is likely to be one of the strongest on record, says ASB economist Nat Keall.
Overseer Limited has appointed Jill Gower as its new chief executive.
Trade and Export Minister Damien O'Connor has rejected claims that NZ should not have signed the free trade agreement with the European Union and instead kept negotiating and got a better deal.
Fonterra is the major exporter of specialty cheeses from NZ. This goes to Australia, Japan and the Pacific Islands.
Local cheesemakers are very disappointed but not surprised by the recent free trade deal with the European Union.
The chair of the organisation which represents all the New Zealand dairy companies has hit out at government politicians for failing to deliver a quality FTA with the EU for the dairy sector.
Massey Ferguson recently announced that its Beauvais factory in France has produced its 1,000,000th tractor, having started manufacturing tractors on the site 62 years ago, in late 1960.
Operating in conjunction with automatic cluster removal (ACR) and gently supporting the cluster, Lactalign is a relatively simple retrofitted device designed to counter the often-costly impact of uneven weight and vacuum distribution of a traditional milking cluster.
John Deere has announced updates to its 5 Series Utility Tractors, scheduled for production in November 2022.
Genetics can help dairy farmers take steps this season to reduce their emissions while they wait for further new tools and technologies to be developed, says CRV managing director James Smallwood.
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The volume and depth of genomic data on elite dairy cows in the US dwarfs what is available in New Zealand.
Dairy farmers being able to prove to consumers that their animals are happy, healthy and well cared for will be vital for the industry's next ten years, a panel discussion on "Dairy 2032" has been told.
Manawatu dairy farmers Gregory and Brooke Dorn have tapped into some excellent Holstein Friesian genetics to not only raise the quality of their herd’s milk, but to ensure the future of the herd’s best cow families is guaranteed.
Canterbury dairy farmer Julie Bradshaw has applied lessons from a five-year National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) irrigation study to make science-based decisions while also using genetics to improve her herd – with the overall goal of reducing the farm’s environmental footprint.
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