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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
A small organic farm in South Auckland has become the first NZ recipient of DeLaval’s new robotic milking system, the VMSTM V300.
Proposed law changes to further improve the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme were unveiled last week by Minister for Biosecurity Damien O’Connor.
DairyNZ director Ben Allomes is advocating a paradigm shift in the way the primary sector markets and presents itself as a career.
There is a mish-mash of information available on climate change, some of which originates from people who are not qualified to speak on the subject, says Ministry of Primary Industries’ chief science advisor, John Roche.
The argument over whether New Zealand has too many cows is a regional issue, not a national issue, according to Ministry of Primary Industries’ chief science advisor, John Roche.
DairyNZ has affirmed its commitment to the Dairy Tomorrow initiative which outlines six broad goals for the sector.
There will be no major changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA), says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.
Rural banker Rabobank is forecasting a milk price of $7.15/kgMS for the new season.
Soaring butter prices may see next season’s milk price go beyond $7/kgMS – even as high as the mid sevens.
The dumping of capital gains tax initiatives is yet another issue going right for the farming community – and farmers should cheer up, says Federated Farmers economics spokesperson and national vice-president Andrew Hoggard.
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There's a new name to remember in the Case IH tractor universe: the Versum was recently unveiled at Sima 19, the big Paris exhibition, joining the brand’s familiar Quadtrac, Magnum, Puma, Maxxum and lately the Optum.
Claas has made its 40,000th Jaguar forage harvester at the Harsewinkel, Germany plant and company headquarters.
Toyota NZ has unwrapped the 2019 RAV 4, the SUV first seen in boxy guise 30 years ago at the Tokyo Motor Show.
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price index has now risen in ten consecutive auctions and is up 23% since the start of the year.
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