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OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Effective use of management and accounting tools helps Auckland Hauraki Sharefarmers of the Year Chris and Sally Guy keep on top of their business and work towards their goal of farm ownership.
A review of the variable-order share milking (VOSM) agreement could see it merged with the contract milkers agreement, says the Federated Farmers sharemilkers section chair, Richard McIntyre.
Meat processor Affco is urging farmers to sign up again for its Cash for Calves scheme that last year put $90,000 into rural communities.
LIC director Steve Poole will step down at the end of next month.
New Zealand dairy farmers could lead the global move to new production systems that deliver twice the food from half the water and soil, according to Australian science author Julian Cribb.
A forum to discuss the direction of dairying will be held at Mystery Creek, Hamilton, on May 8 and 9.
DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle supports the new Interim Climate Change Committee, however he is concerned that it has no member with actual farm knowledge.
The numbers are mind-boggling: 1000 eggs, thousands of pies, tens of thousands in cash to count at home. These are Diane Sharpe’s memories of 40 years volunteering at National Fieldays.
Rising global demand for dairy and fruit beverages has prompted Fonterra to team up with a Hawke’s Bay company to make new products.
Fonterra is introducing a new standard payment term for small businesses which will affect 83% of its suppliers, the cooperative says.
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Kubota NZ has added another machine to its KX series of excavators.
One of the most unpredictable places to be in a dairy shed is arguably the back end of a cow.
Automation company Lely says fully robotic farms are the future for the booming global dairy industry.
Submissions are now open on a variation to the plan to improve the health of the Waikato and Waipa rivers.
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