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Fonterra's Food Service division is a New Zealand success story, says director of global food service Grant Watson.
A new sheep milking business using a world-first combined milking/feeding platform will start operating by October.
Milk production in Wales has changed dramatically in the last 30 years: in 1984 the country had 6500 producers; now it has 1730 achieving the same production.
Fonterra is eyeing a bigger slice of the booming Asian pizza business for its Australian-made cheese.
Last night’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction was disappointing relative to market predictions, says Westpac senior market strategist Imre Speizer.
Given that the average farm size in northern Italy is 9.8ha, the operation run by Dario Soresina and his family at Crema, just south of Begamo, makes him a slightly different type of dairy farmer.
Fonterra's tea topping has Chinese queueing wildly to get into tea houses, says the co-op’s global head of foodservice, Grant Watson.
Some of the country’s top Jersey genetics from joint breeding by LIC and Jersey New Zealand are now available to farmers.
AgFirst dairy consultant Stacey Belton, Hamilton, has been named the Farmax Emerging Rural Professional of the Year. She beat four other contestants.
The Waikato Regional Council is getting $1.6 million in state funding to help protect waterways.
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A Horizons Regional Council (HRC) report foreshadows a grim future for the economic viability of the primary sector in the region.
Farming today is different from even five years ago, says Ravensdown chief executive Greg Campbell.
The runners-up in the 2017 New Zealand Share Farmer of the Year Award say sooner is better for intending entrants.
Mataura Valley Milk’s new plant near Gore is on track to begin production at the start of next season.
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