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Westland Milk Products is completely back to full collection and production at its Hokitika factory after the devastation caused by ex-cyclone Fehi.
Land use consent has been granted for a new $230 million infant formula plant on the outskirts of of Otorohanga, Waikato.
A new breed of milking sheep and a demonstration farm with a 64-bail internal rotary have set the ball rolling for the dairy sheep industry.
Westpac senior analyst Anne Boniface says fears of tighter international supplies, particularly for whole milk powder, helped dairy prices squeeze higher in the first few Global Dairy Trade auctions of 2018.
Dairy farmers would have woken up to better news than equity fund managers last Wednesday says ANZ’s agri economist Con Williams.
When it comes to trying to detect the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, it turns out that the tonsils have it.
Milk companies are this week taking bulk milk samples from tankers in the southern region of the North Island as national surveillance for Mycoplasma bovis moves into areas with no known infection.
Chinese dairy expert Jane Li says Fonterra’s Anmum is struggling to gain a foothold in the country’s lucrative infant formula market.
Mycoplasma bovis infection has now been confirmed in animals on 23 properties, MPI has announced.
Fonterra’s forecast milk price of $6.40/kgMS looks a lot more achievable now, according to BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.
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About 1000 people will this month travel to New Zealand for three prestigious animal recording and genetics conferences.
Dairy prices have risen for the third consecutive auction this year.
Publicity on recent outbreaks of exotic Mycoplasma bovis could teach New Zealand farmers plenty about onfarm biosecurity and contagious mastitis.
Westland says damage caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Fehi has halted production at its Hokitika plant.
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