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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
Farmers may soon expect to get better advice from dairy farm consultants, says the NZ Institute for Primary Industries Management (NZIPIM), which launched a certification scheme last week at its annual conference in Ashburton.
Dairy Women's Network (DWN) will focus on networking and social events to support its 7600 members through the tough season, says chief executive Zelda de Villiers.
Dairy Women's Network (DWN) is a “bottom up” organisation helping women develop skills for community leadership and career development, says chief executive Zelda de Villiers.
The North Island does not have enough groundwater to irrigate, as does the South Island. Even if it did, given the dairy payout, irrigation is unaffordable.
It's not our preference to kick someone when they are down. But Fonterra’s appearance at Tauranga District Court relating to six illegal wastewater discharges at its Edgecumbe plant leaves us little choice.
Russia's ban on the West’s dairy, meat, fruit and vegetables is heaping high the ‘tables’ of that country’s nine million cows.
A food supplement could reduce cows’ farting and burping by nearly one third and help save the planet.
When the Shanghai Stock Exchange plunged last month, Chinese authorities moved quickly to suspend trade.
The wait is over for South Island: the chocolate drink that has taken the North Island by storm will soon arrive.
French dairy processor Danone is still feeling the after-effects of Fonterra’s false botulism scare in the Chinese market.
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A Chinese e-commerce giant has bought a A$20 million stake in a new unit trust launched by Australia’s largest dairy company.
Leasing teaser bulls to farmers has earned Waikato dairy farmer Jennie Macky the best agri-businesswoman of the year title.
What the world needs now is a lot less milk. The short-term outlook is grim.
The most surprising factor, when entering Mark and Michelle Bocock’s calf shed, isn’t the number of calves but the silence. There isn’t a sound.
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