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Lessons from history worth re-telling

Managing mastitis in a low payout year is more important.

The last significant in-season drop in the price of milk to suppliers was in 2008, and that doesn't take a long memory to recall: it is hardly ancient history.

More features, more grunt for Amarok V6

The VW Amarok has always had a following of ute buyers wanting something different from the norm.

‘Out of this world’ effluent system can work on farms

Farms with barns and feedlots are likely to use the revolutionary zero-waste system.

A zero-waste system developed for spacecraft could be cost-effective on dairy farms, says inventor William Mook.

Slump in MG’s fortunes rumbles most producers

Oz co-op, Murray Goulburn has dropped its milk price, lowered profit guidance and lost its top two executives.

Plenty has been written about the dramatic slump in the earnings and milk price outlook for Australia's largest farmer-owned dairy company.

Facts vs hot air

It has become politically dangerous to question the word of environmental groups on the issue of climate change.

Misplaced advocacy — Editorial

The group was protesting about ACC's investment in the Ruataniwha irrigation scheme in Hawkes Bay.

Greenpeace is known for pulling stunts that land it on newspaper front pages and prime time news.

UK cheese a hit in Europe

Wyke Farms is a family run company in the heart of the Somerset cheddar-making region.

Europe's food connoisseurs can't get enough of British cheese, according to new UK Government figures.

Familiar Chinese name buys majority stake in Oz dairy

Burra Foods managing director Grant Crothers.

A Chinese company will take a majority stake in Australian dairy processor Burra Foods, subject to approval by the foreign investment review board.

Machinery ‘hygiene’ reminder as velvetleaf outbreak wanes

Velvetleaf were found in 11 regions around the country.

Rural contractors have been reminded to play their part in preventing the spread of velvetleaf as management of the pest weed enters a new phase.

Dairy risks to financial stability

NZ's financial system is resilient and functions effectively, but risks to the financial stability outlook have increased further in the past six months.