Cuddling cows
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It will likely be a case of second - or third - time lucky for the winner of the 2022 Valden Cow of the Year, with five of the six finalists of the prestigious Holstein Friesian cow competition having been nominated at least once before.
A major manufacturer and distributor of silage wrap has joined the Plasback agricultural plastics recycling scheme.
With 100kg of bricks stacked on top of a homemade sled hurriedly built out of a pallet, brothers-in-law Chris Poole and Tim Dangen take off in a timed race.
Maximising per-cow production has always been an interest of Manawatu dairy farmers Craig and Raewyne Passey - and Holstein Friesian cattle have proven the ideal breed to achieve this.
Fonterra's share price jumped on the news that the co-op will provide financial support to improve liquidity in its share trading platform - the Fonterra Shareholders Market.
Fonterra's council chair says the co-operative's third quarter results show the benefits of having a business of scale.
Rural insurer FMG has been named one of 40 Gallup Exceptional Workplaces from around the world.
Former Fonterra chairman John Monaghan says he's quite humbled to make the Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee honours list.
Export revenue from New Zealand's food and fibre sector is expected to reach a record $52.2 billion in the year to June 30, 2022.
Dairy prices are expected to recover more lost ground, says Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny.
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Over 420 dairy farmers gathered in Oamaru last week for SIDE 2022, with a focus on building skills and discussing solutions to challenges facing the farming sector.
It's fantastic and positive news for rural health and rural communities.
Fonterra shares recorded a jump last week after the co-operative unveiled plans of a $50 million share buyback scheme.
The Government says it will take time to carefully consider the report from the He Waka Eke Noa partnership.
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