Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Yearling heifer mating is fast approaching: have you got it sorted? LIC asks.
The challenging milk payout will have many farmers scrutinising budgets for ways to reduce spending.
Farmers are being urged to speak courageously about the reality of their financial problems.
Dairy farmers must review their budgets line by line says DairyNZ economist Matthew Newman.
Dairy Women's Network is seeking to shift members’ ‘can do’ attitude to one of ‘can do safely’, by means of free workshops called ‘Step up to Safety’, from late October.
The spring months, as soils warm up, are when the work of fertilising begins.
The Southland winter-spring, with prolonged incessant rain, cold wind and low sunshine hours, have depressed grass growth well below normal.
A farming tour demonstrating practical, hands-on practices and skills proved beneficial for a group from Northland iwi.
Amid Brazil's political and economic turmoil, onerous bureaucracy and almost non-existent market for fresh milk it’s hard to see the appeal for Fonterra.
Fonterra says its $231 million upgrade to its dairy processing plant at Pahiatua in the Tararua district will give the company more flexibility in the products it can produce at other plants.
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The Health and Safety Reform Bill got lots of media coverage about what does, and does not, constitute a high-risk industry.
Many dairy farmers are discussing the virtues of Fonterra’s loan for sharemilkers, and the consensus seems to be to see it as a last resort.
This season threw up a big challenge for dairy farmers in the low payout, but all hoped the weather might have been kind.
Milk cartons are on the way out, as consumers snub them in favour of plastic bottles.
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