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A funeral service for former Fonterra chairman John Wilson will be held in Hamilton on Saturday.
A New Zealand Herald columnist, who questioned the retirement of former Fonterra chairman John Wilson in July last year, is facing calls to apologise to his family.
He was a “good bloke” and a family man.
Former Fonterra chairman John Wilson passed away this morning after a hard-fought battle with illness, the co-op announced.
Manawatu farmer Kevin Buckman was experiencing ongoing cup slip issues before experimenting with lightweight milking liners in his three herringbone sheds.
One change to your dairy system can reduce costs, shorten milk-out time, prevent cup slip, lower somatic cell counts and boost milk yield.
The bonus of split calving is that you can match feed supply with feed demand throughout the year, says Neville Porteous of Te Arai Farms in lower Northland.
Interest in once-a-day (OAD) milking is rising, says DairyNZ senior scientist Dr Paul Edwards.
Shaun Murray is at the coalface of New Zealand’s $1 billion export infant formula industry.
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Federated Farmers last month issued an advisory on Mycloplasma bovis to all members. Here are excerpts:
So, cows are a major source of methane but how do you measure how much gas a cow burps?
In Australia, animal activists are taking exception to electric shock collars for use on cattle, calling it the equivalent of farmers torturing cows.
Farmers are letting their fly-fishing rods do the talking this summer. Many refuse to buy trout fishing licences in protest against Fish & Game’s political attack on the dairy industry.
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