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About 200 dairy farmers and industry leaders celebrated the opening of the new Southern Dairy Hub on Friday.
Planning and preparation make for a good calving season, says DairyNZ.
Ideal growing conditions in many places — despite record autumn rains — have delayed cow culls, allowing some herd managers to optimise their herds for next season.
Together with mastitis and infertility, lameness is one of the big three problems on many farms, says vet Neil Chesterton.
Southern Star Farms Ltd, an 85ha mixed farm near Waituna Lagoon, Southland, runs 300 Jersey cows and 2500 breeding ewes – a farm run seamlessly by Darrin and Joanne Crack.
Milking 80 cows, taking timber orders online, collecting duck eggs and hosting tourists are all in a day’s work for Te Awamutu farmer Graham Smith.
The dairy industry is ready to tackle environmental concerns, including its contribution to greenhouse gasses, says an independent report.
International seed business Germinal is increasing its presence in New Zealand, appointing Sarah Gard, of North Canterbury, as its trials and product development manager.
Prime Minister Bill English recently spoke at the NZ Institute of International Affairs annual dinner and touched on trade. Here are excerpts from his speech.
Big changes loom in world food supply, says Foundation for Arable Research chairman David Birkett.
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Two dairy clusters are kicking off this year as part of the Northland Extension 350 programme.
Dairy farmers are moving away from breeding bobby calves in favour of producing the quality dairy/beef calves needed by beef farmers.
The Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) is welcoming the news of FTA talks with countries in the Pacific Alliance.
Federated Farmers’ new vice-president, Andrew Hoggard, says in his new role he’ll take a much wider view of agriculture — not just dairy.
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