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Dairy farmer Phil Musson, from Springston, south of Christchurch, has won the annual Working With Nature Environmental Award from North Canterbury Fish and Game.
Agricola Enterprises at Ohaupo, southwest of Hamilton, is an equity partnership farmed by Joe McDonald and wife Lynaire, with his parents Terry and Carole.
The birth of Westland Milk Products was an appealing story for all New Zealanders, not just West Coasters. It spurned the overtures of Fonterra and did it the West Coast way.
The cattle carrier Awassi Express is on its way to China with 4500 Holstein cattle.
Get ready to taste Black Cow, a brand of vodka made in Dorset, England, by dairy farmer and distiller Jason Barber.
It's not every day that a helicopter lands in a paddock near you.
Opportunity for New Zealand agritech products and services, particularly dairy, is presenting in a number of developing markets, says NZ Trade and Enterprise customer manager Lisa Marcroft.
More signs of consolidation in the Australian dairy sector.
Fonterra says improving global dairy prices and a revamp of its operations have enabled a rise in the farmgate milk price to Australian suppliers.
A report into New Zealand’s cooperative sector shows the top 30 members are very strong in agri-foods.
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New Zealand’s flagship dairy brand NZ Milk Products (NZMP) is making inroads in the US market.
More precise aerial fertiliser spreading has already proven to give greater environmental gains than blanket topdressing, says fertiliser company Ravensdown.
Technology used by archaeologists to find artefacts in the ground is now being trialled by New Zealand soil scientists to see if it can help mitigate nitrogen leaching on farms.
Northland dairy farmers are still “amazingly upbeat” despite the drought declaration, says Northland Rural Support Trust secretary/coordinator Julie Jonkers.
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