Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
In a welcome departure from dismal news on the dairy front, farmers are being told that a simple change to their herd mating plans could increase their income from calves.
Federated Farmers say many New Zealand dairy farmers are “going back to basics” as the downward trend in global dairy prices continues.
Duncan Coull has been elected unopposed as chair of the Fonterra Shareholders Council, replacing outgoing chair Ian Brown.
The weakening New Zealand dollar helped local prices this week with most types increasing by the corresponding currency change, says NZWSI general manager, John Dawson.
Dairy prices have taken a plunge once again, with the dairy price index dropping 10.7% to USD$2,082 MT at last night’s Global Dairy Trade auction.
Two of LIC's artificial breeding bulls were named sires of the season by Jersey and Holstein-Friesian breed societies at their annual conferences last month.
A survey conducted by Federated Farmers and DairyNZ reveals that New Zealand dairy farmers have spent over $1Billion on environment in the past five years.
The first wool auction of the 2015/16 season saw a 92% clearance with a slightly softer tone, says NZWI general manager, John Dawson.
BNZ senior economist Craig Ebert says he doubts the crisis on the Chinese sharemarket will trigger a wholesale collapse of the Chinese economy.
There was a royal touch at the opening of Fonterra’s latest joint venture overseas.
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Craig Norgate – Fonterra's first ever chief executive – died last night in London, aged 50.
We all know it’s easy to make money selling cars: get a clever geek to design something using CAD, build it, sell lots, bank the money and live the life of Riley with a bevy of dusky maidens, or toy-boys, in the Cayman Islands. Yeah right!
With the market for light trucks in New Zealand at around 20% of the total market for new vehicles, it’s no surprise the major vehicle manufacturers have large budgets to get their products in front of potential customers.
Fieldmaster from Pukekohe used its Fieldays site to show an interesting incarnation of its GMF series wide area mower.
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