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Fonterra tankers will be leaving more than just milk dockets on farms from this Saturday (April 25).
Federated Farmers sharemilkers’ section chairman Richard McIntyre says not knowing whether the country or parts of it will still be in lockdown on Gypsy Day is adding to uncertainty in the industry.
Take the win but don’t bet the farm on it lasting.
Follow the Government and go early with your on-farm decisions, says Sharon Morrell the head of DairyNZ’s consulting officers in upper North Island.
Waikato owner-operated farmers Nacre and Anthony Maiden says the “stars aligned” this year to give them a particularly bumper maize crop despite the drought and their sandy loam soils.
A dairy industry leader says the COVID-19 interruption should bring positive changes to farming in New Zealand.
DairyNZ is now hosting online discussion groups where farmers can beam in from the comfort of their living rooms, offices or dairies and there’s no need to take the gumboots off.
Fonterra farmers are being told to brace for a lower farm gate milk price next season.
Dairy farmers are committed to protecting New Zealand’s environment and taking action on-farm to support that, says DairyNZ.
New Zealand dairy farmers can expect a lower farmgate milk price for the 2020/21 season, according to a new report from agricultural banking specialist Rabobank.
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DairyNZ is urging farmers to offer their input on Moving Day by this Sunday.
Dairy prices overall were up slightly in last night’s Global Dairy Trade auction.
Federated Farmers, MPI, FMG and DairyNZ are all busy this week trying to work out how best to manage Gypsy Day.
MPI’s new head of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has some good news for the fight against the disease.
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