Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
OPINION: The heat wave that hit Europe last week has forced a rethink among UK dairy farmers who normally graze their cows outdoors in summer.
OPINION: Surging crime in New Zealand isn't confined to Auckland suburbs, it seems.
OPINION: When three senior Government ministers issue a media release on a Sunday afternoon extending cost of living support, eyebrows are rightly raised.
Australian dairy farmers are backing a new five-year research project looking into reducing the reliance on nitrogen fertilisers used in pasture production.
Chinese dairy giant Yili has launched a multi-billion dollar industrial park in Hohhot, China.
Three major Dutch agribusinesses are joining forces to reduce nitrogen emissions at dairy farms.
Fonterra director Donna Smit is retiring after serving six years on the board.
Rural trader Ruralco has launched a new campaign, recognising and appreciating the farming sector.
Over the last three years almost every industry has faced upheaval.
A unique gold rush started last week with the official opening of the new $40 million butter plant at the Chinese-owned Westland Milk Products plant on the West Coast.
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Last month, in response to some pretty scary price rises, I wrote about the need to control costs.
The two main plastic collection programmes in New Zealand's primary sector - Agrecovery and Plasback - have agreed to work together.
Farm profitability should be healthy for 2021-22 and for the current season – but farmers will need to keep a close eye on input costs, says an AgFirst report for Waikato and Bay of Plenty dairy farms.
Farm sales are dropping but the rural real estate market remains reasonably solid, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).
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Bikinis in cowshed
OPINION: An animal activist organisation is calling for an investigation into the use of dairy cows in sexuallly explicit content…
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