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OPINION: Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs,…
As calving approaches, farmers need to get their teams ready for what lies ahead in the coming months.
The missing link in getting maximum weight gain in your calves may be as simple as keeping them warm, says the Christchurch manufacturer of a range of woollen covers for young livestock.
Dairy farmers have the perfect tool at their disposal this calving season to set their herds up for future productivity – the rumen in their replacement heifer calves.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) and Massey University are joining forces to help raise awareness and funds to combat leptospirosis.
Over-conditioned cows, those with excess body condition (BCS > 6.0), present unique challenges, especially as they approach calving.
Auckland-based supplement and nutritional company New Image International is celebrating 40 years of business in their home country.
Fonterra says its latest butter offering is delighting taste buds across Australia.
OPINION: Farmers from all over the country have made an impressive effort to put good wintering practices in place, ensuring their animals are cared for no matter what the weather conditions are.
OPINION: Farmers have always been wary of the Resource Management Act (RMA).
OPINION: Several days after securing shareholder approval for a $130 million loan from Bright Dairy, Synlait has delivered more bad news to investors.
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OPINION: Recently several Labour MPs, including leader Chris Hipkins and deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni spent two days in Waikato with representatives of DairyNZ, Beef+Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers, Groundswell and Rural Women NZ among others.
OPINION: While Reserve Bank boss Adrian Orr is sticking to his 'abundance of caution' messaging, the economy is in tatters and the jungle drums beat ever louder for an OCR cut no later than November (to be clear, that's Nov 2024, not 2025!).
OPINION: Here we go again.
Fonterra was part of a recent New Zealand business delegation to Japan, a market that is one of the co-operative's top export destinations for high-quality, innovative dairy ingredients.
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