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NZMP, Fonterra’s dairy ingredients business, is aiming for a heavyweight title in the $10 billion sports nutrition market.
Facial eczema (FE) is caused by the saprophytic fungus Pithomyces chartarum which lives on dead and decaying litter at the base of pastures.
Redundancies are on the cards at Hokitika-based independent milk processor, Westland Milk Products.
Westland Milk director Sven Koops has resigned, just two months after being elected to the board.
The last few seasons seem to have delivered many challenges on farmers: the milk price is more variable, weather patterns are more unpredictable and environmental regulations are much tighter.
Fonterra director Michael Spaans is stepping down from the Fonterra Board due to ill health.
Peat soils in Waikato are crucial for the profitability of farming and environmental protection, particularly in summer.
It is no secret that the cheapest form of feed on New Zealand dairy farms is home grown pasture.
Western-style breakfast is on the rise in China and Fonterra is coming to the party.
Stop calling your product milk! That’s the message from a US Senator to non-dairy producers.
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In a protest to show that Switzerland’s new rules on Swiss-made are too lenient, a luxury watch-maker has made a ‘100% Swiss’ timepiece incorporating cheese.
Many older tractor operators will shout “just give me plain vanilla; I can live without all this technology”.
The new Kubota RTV-X1140 transforms from a two-passenger vehicle with a large cargo bed to one that carries four passengers and still retains a cargo bed.
Annual ryegrass in a pasture renewal cycle gives farmers an opportunity to clean up dirty paddocks, says Dow Agro Sciences.
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