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Editorial: Common sense prevails

OPINION: Finally there's clarity for farmers around freshwater management regulations.

Understanding marginal return from growing maize silage

In well-managed systems, silage wastage may be as low as 10%, but poor feed management can push wastage rates as high as 50%.

Much has been discussed in recent seasons about the rising costs of production on dairy farms, and rightfully so.

Standing up for rural people

ACT MP Mark Cameron says that as a rural New Zealander, he’s tired of having been beaten up by people that do not understand his life.

Primary production select committee chair and ACT MP Mark Cameron recently contributed to the Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill - Second Reading in Parliament. Here are excerpts from his speech:

Feed from farmers

OPINION: The country's dairy farmers will now also have a hand in providing free lunch for schools.

Brighter future

OPINION: The abrupt departure of Synlait chief executive Grant Watson could be a sign that Chinese company Bright Dairy, the new majority owner of the listed company, is taking charge.

Musical chairs

OPINION: DairyNZ's director elections has seen scientist Jacqueline Rowarth re-elected for another three-year term.

$500k for chair

OPINION: Fonterra's chair will be paid nearly $500,000 if shareholders approve a proposal by the directors' remuneration committee.

Sage advice from alumni

Always be on the lookout for new job opportunities and get outside your comfort zone.

State farmer opens pathway to ownership for more Kiwis

Pamu chief operating officer Will Burrett says some very good operators left to become contract milkers because they couldn’t offer them that opportunity.

In a landmark move, the state-owned farmer Pāmu (Landcorp) is making four of its 44 dairy farms available for people wishing to take up various contracts including herd-owning, share milking, variable order share milking and contract milking.