Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
With Australian farmers focussed on the big wet across the country’s south, let’s look at the background -- how the dairy market is behaving, and what it means for farmgate prices.
DairyNZ has tightened its belt while working hard to deliver more value than ever for farmers, says chairman Michael Spaans.
The new Southern Dairy Hub in Invercargill will start milking cows next season.
What makes some of New Zealand’s best dairy farmers tick?
International dairy commodity prices have staged a remarkable recovery in recent months, as global supply and demand slowly return to a more balanced outlook.
Waikato Regional Council, Thames-Coromandel District Council and Forest & Bird have released 400 beetles to combat a weed in New Zealand’s oldest arboretum.
Global milk production has fallen faster than expected in recent months, with the resulting rally in global dairy markets expected to be sustained into 2017, according to Rabobank.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy is urging Fonterra farmers to go out and vote on the co-op’s governance and representation plan.
Chinese national holidays could have affected last week’s Global Dairy Trade auction, in which the overall price index was down 3%, say economists.
The raw milk movement is gaining momentum despite facing stricter new regulations, according to raw milk advocates Village Milk, Takaka.
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Victoria dairy farmer Ian Goodin spent countless hours preparing a 100-page application for the Australian Government’s farm household allowance (FHA) only to be told he is not eligible.
PKE rules are there for a reason and importers must abide by them, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard.
A new app for farmers has been launched by LIC Automation to help those with CellSense in-line sensors to more easily manage mastitis in their herd.
A project to find out just how tricky it is going to be for farmers to comply with the new Waikato Regional Council ‘Plan Change One’ has started in the region.
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