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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…
Pareora dairy farmer Peter Collins has paid tribute to the man at the centre of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak in helping him set up his huge new dairy barn system.
Getting the right people is the key to running a successful business, says Stu Taylor, manager of a large dairy farming operation near Whanganui.
The decision by Lely NZ’s parent company Lely to sell its grass machinery division to AGCO and concentrate on dairy technology, particularly robotic milking, has brought about changes in New Zealand and Australia.
A campaign to market mastitis treatments to dairy farmers has been recognised at the Westpac Waikato Business Awards.
While overall dairy exports from New Zealand and Australia are declining, the European Union is showing strong export growth, says Fonterra’s November Global Dairy Update.
In reflecting on the salary package/bonuses paid to Theo Spierings in the past season it is important to understand that the Fonterra business is owned by shareholders who empower a board to act on their behalf.
Synlait milk has doubled its milk powder canning capability with the opening of a $55 million facility at Mangere, Auckland.
The saying that ‘change is the only constant in life’ is true for the dairy industry and standing still is not an option, chair Cathy Brown told the Dairy Womens Network (DWN) annual meeting.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has been appointed chairman of Global Dairy Platform (GDP).
Two New Zealand farmer-owned co-ops are jointly offering an alternative revenue stream for farmers through a Wagyu programme.
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A leading exponent of once-a-day milking says it’s important that New Zealand attracts intelligent, keen young people to the dairy industry.
Maize growers have another tool to fight yellow bristle grass this season.
A fall of 3.4% in the overall GDT Event price index last week was the fourth consecutive fall and prices are now at eight-month lows.
Agribusiness consultant Keith Woodford has come out as a big fan of composting dairy barns.
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