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Fonterra is introducing a new patented global food quality seal – ‘Trusted Goodness’ – for its products as part of its business strategy to add value to milk and maximise returns for its farmers.
Bay of Plenty farmer and accountant Donna Smit has been nominated by the Fonterra board for one of the two director vacancies.
Milk collection in Waikato is now down 14% on daily collection last year, says Fonterra.
Another 40 million cartons of whipping cream will soon be rolling down the conveyors at Fonterra’s state-of-the-art Waitoa UHT facility every year, as the cooperative keeps pace with growing demand.
Dairy farmers are moving away from breeding bobby calves in favour of quality dairy/beef cross calves which are fetching record prices and in demand from rearers, finishers and the meat processing industry.
The persistent rain of the last four months is causing serious problems for dairy farmers in most regions of the North Island.
Give your teenage girls 2-3 serves of dairy a day to ensure they have strong healthy bones for life.
Fonterra will have at least one new director joining the board at its annual meeting in Darfield next month.
About 11 years ago Canadian farmer Joe Dorgan noticed that his cattle in a paddock by the sea were more productive than his other cows.
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While demand from China and ASEAN countries for New Zealand milk continues to grow, export margins have been squeezed and could potentially tighten further, according to a recently-released industry report.
That’s the message from Federated Farmers dairy section vice-chair Chris Lewis in the light of the latest video showing a new-born calf dragged along a paddock and calves being loaded into a truck.
If you're experiencing a wet spring, don’t give up hope just yet; there might be a way to get onto land that’s in less-than-ideal condition.
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