Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
Failing to market our products properly is costing us billions, says Jacqueline Rowarth, agribusiness professor at the University of Waikato.
An animal nutritionist is urging farmers to look deeper than body condition score for a true understanding of their cows' skeletons in assessing their health.
Shanghai Pengxin recently showed off its upgrade of the former Crafar farms it bought in the central North Island in 2012.
Two percent isn't much, but at Fonterra's Clandeboye site a revolutionary cheese plant only required 2% of the site's 45ha to rock the cheese world.
Fresh milk opportunities in China should be explored among consumers there concerned about the quality of their water, says an agricultural expert.
PPP Industries will use the Central Districts Field Days to showcase its new Super Sensor Jetter.
The no-show of El Nino has been a boon to farmers supplying Miraka, the Maori owned dairy company located near Taupo.
A recent unreserved auction held by specialists Ritchie Bros saw around 320 lots of plant and heavy machinery sold at Mystery Creek Event Centre near Hamilton.
New Zealand appears to have lost its ability to influence global dairy prices, says Rabobank analyst Thomas Bailey.
This morning's announcement by Fonterra to drop its forecast payout will lump more pressure on dairy farmers and they will be counting down the days to end of the season.
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Today's announcement of a further 25c drop in the current season forecast farmgate milk price is a "bitter pill" for farmers to swallow, says Fonterra Shareholders' Council chairman Duncan Coull.
Fonterra has dropped its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2015-16 season from $4.15/kgMS to $3.90/kgMS.
The environmental effects of nitrogen that determine how much effluent you can irrigate onto land, says Waikato Regional Council.
The president of Shanghai Pengxin Investments in New Zealand, Terry Lee, says the company's future investment in the NZ dairy industry is being thwarted.
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