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French dairy giant Danone says its popular NZ-made infant formula Karicare will become carbon neutral by 2030.
Some dairy farmers in Southland are already moving to once a day (OAD) milking because they don’t have sufficient good pasture on which to graze their stock.
The firming of whole milk powder (WMP) prices in the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) is good news, according to analysts.
Waikato-based financial consultant and Fonterra board aspirant Annabel Cotton believes this is a critical time for the co-op to get back on path.
The dairy industry has been great to Waikato farmer Mike O’Connor and he thinks the time is right to give something back by standing for Fonterra's board.
Despite challenges posed by Covid-19, Waikato milk processor Tatua posted record revenues of $381 million last financial year.
Fonterra farmers are happy to see the back of the cooperative’s loss-making China Farms.
After investing over $1 billion and following 10 years of poor returns, Fonterra has agreed to sell its China farms for $555 million (RMB ¥2.5 billion).
Do you know what’s happening in your soil? Water usage and productivity company Watermetrics believes it’s essential for farmers to know this.
Enterprise Ireland and the Ploughing Association decided to push ahead with the annual Innovation Arena competition for new innovations from agri-tech and farm machinery companies – albeit in a virtual format.
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While many contractors still use trucks for haulage duties, the last decade, with the advent of larger tractors, has seen a great deal of interest in the use of high volume, high-spec tipping trailers.
Apart from Covid-19, there seems to be one topic that is dominating the farming media at the moment – freshwater and all the new rules and policies designed to protect it.
CLAAS Harvest Centre product manager, Luke Wheeler, says the end goal should always be the starting point when making purchasing decisions.
Third-generation dairy farmers Hayden and Tania Edmeades run 500 dairy cows and associated young stock over 190ha near Putararu in the Waikato.
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