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Dairy prices have fallen for the fourth straight auction.
The dairy industry is mourning the loss of prominent leader Michael Spaans.
Former Fonterra director and DairyNZ chairman Michael Spaans has passed away.
It's been a wet year alright: MetService is already describing 2017 as “the year it didn’t stop raining” with Waikato rainfall at record levels for January to September.
Fish & Game says Fonterra has now realised it must act quickly to meet public demand for better water quality instead of relying on spending millions on slick PR campaigns promoting the dairy industry.
Founded by Victor Joskin in 1968, the Belgian family-owned Joskin company is now reckoned the world’s largest maker of slurry and manure equipment, selling to 60 countries.
Can you guess what's covering the interior of this Case IH Puma? Hint: the driver was on effluent duties.
Fonterra has launched a plan to help improve NZ waterways — and every day Kiwis have been invited to view the efforts.
Registrations for IrrigationNZ’s 2018 national conference are now open.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has confirmed that one of two Waimate district farms placed under restrictions last week has tested positive for Mycoplasma bovis infection.
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Dairy farming was always a likely career path for Graham Barlow, of Fermanagh Farm, in the Piako district of Waikato.
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