Cuddling cows
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The days of storing anhydrous milk fat (AMF) in giant drums may soon be over, says Fonterra.
A flurry of awards nights are being held this week as several regions announce their winners in the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.
The GDT auction last week was close to expectations, and even included a slightly positive surprise with a 5.5% jump in skim milk powder prices, says BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.
Despite the stink bug nuisance, farm machinery distributors are seeing little or no effect on their logistics chains because most of their products are containerised, except for large tractors and harvesters.
Fonterra is not the only global dairy co-op struggling to save a joint venture in China.
The National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) system has provided MPI investigators of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak with nearly 1000 reports since the disease was identified last July.
Jersey breeder Peter Hansen believes MPI has reneged on compensating him for its ban on his planned one-off importation of breeding cows from Australia because of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak.
LIC shareholders will meet this week to vote on a new share structure.
Fonterra's high court injunction gagging a former director and the news media is in its second week and farmer shareholders are still in the dark.
The Government is hailing the efforts of the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) in reducing the death of bobby calves on farm.
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The whole milk powder price slipped for the first time this year at the overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
Fonterra and Beca have partnered to develop virtual reality health and safety training technology.
Fonterra has slapped an injunction against former director Leonie Guiney, preventing her from sharing confidential information about the co-op with the media.
Sometimes when you throw your leg over a motorcycle it feels just right, which is certainly the case with the new Ag-XR 190 launched in New Zealand late last year.
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