Synthetic milk
OPINION: Will synthetic milk derail NZ's economy?
With the advent of climate change, dairy farmers could expect to be dealing with more days where their cows are suffering from heat stress.
Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay spoke at the Federated Farmers 'Restoring Farmer Confidence' tour meeting at Mystery Creek, Hamilton last month. Here's what he said:
OPINION: The latest New Zealand Dairy Statistics report paints a picture of an industry trending towards fewer but larger herds.
OPINION: It could be cod on your cornflakes and sardines in your smoothie if food innovators in Indonesia have their way.
OPINION: A new study, published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, adds to some existing evidence about a simple way to cut emissions dramatically - seaweed.
OPINION: Still on Bovaer, a wave of misinformation is circulating online wrongly linking Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to the feed additive.
OPINION: One of the world’s largest dairy co-operatives has come under fire for embracing a new methane-reducing additive fed to cows. The claims, made on social media, says the use of a feed additive by Arla Foods farmers could ‘contaminate’ milk and allegedly cause cancer.
Fonterra says it remains on track to meet its climate targets and be coal free in its North Island manufacturing.
South Canterbury dairy farmer and recently-retired Fonterra director Leonie Guiney has welcomed an announcement from the Canterbury Regional Council (ECan) that development of its Regional Policy Statement has been paused.
Trade Minister Todd McClay has used a meeting of the CPTPP hosted by Canada to take that country to task for defiantly refusing to open up its dairy market to NZ.
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Hundreds of Fonterra farmers visited their local Farm Source store on November 29 to help celebrate the rural service trader's tenth anniversary.
Dairy farmers are one step closer to breeding cow with lower methane emissions, offering an innovative way to reduce the nation's agricultural carbon footprint without compromising farm productivity.
ANZ agricultural economist Susan Kilsby is describing the 2024-25 dairy season as ‘a cracker’.
The dairy industry is well placed to front the cost of new technologies to deal with methane emissions, but the sheep industry isn't.
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