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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.
The blame game over the collapse of agri training provider Taratahi rages on.
Nitrate levels in groundwater have been reduced from 7.1mg/L to 0.5mg/L at the site of a denitrification wall trial in Canterbury.
Dutch cooperative FrieslandCampina says more farmers are grazing their cows outdoors.
The emotional, social and psychological impacts of Mycoplasma bovis on southern farmers and farming communities will be studied by the University of Otago.
A new version of Overseer now being rolled out will cost farmers a $200 a year subscription.
Many regions in New Zealand depend heavily on the dairy industry for their economic wellbeing, reveals a recent report.
DairyNZ's chief executive Dr Tim Mackle says the dairy industry faces ongoing challenges this year.
Many farmers in the lower North Island and Taranaki are a bit embarrassed by the oversupply of feed they have on their farms.
A report due to be officially released in a few weeks from MPI’s Mycoplasma bovis technical advisory group (TAG) is expected to confirm the TAG’s optimism that the disease can be eradicated.
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No surprise really: that’s the reaction of NZ’s agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen to the rejection last week by the British Parliament of Theresa May’s Brexit proposal.
A big reduction in European stocks of skim milk powder (SMP) was behind its whopping 10.3% rise in price at last week’s auction, economists concur.
A farmgate milk price at the upper end of Fonterra’s forecast is now on the cards.
Dairy prices are continuing their good run in 2019.
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