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OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
Synlait Milk is pairing up with US company, Munchkin Inc. in a deal that aims to increase premium earning milk supply opportunities.
Global dairy prices continue their downward slide, with last night's auction seeing the average price index drop 1.3% to US$2,409/MT.
Mobile phones and devices are making their mark at the National Fieldays.
HIGH VALUE sheep milk products from New Zealand could soon be available in key overseas markets.
Rural News reporter PETER BURKE reports after day two at the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek.
The New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays is now into its second day and the Rural News Group team are there checking out the action.
The eight finalists for Rural Bachelor of the Year made a stop in their road trip at Te Kuiti, to take part in one the first challenges of the competition.
LIC has launched a new app, which will help farmers keep their cows’ health in-check from a mobile device.
CRV Ambreed is demonstrating a new industry-leading herd-testing device at this year’s National Fieldays.
Federated Farmers say recent stock sickness or deaths are likely to have been caused by high sugar content in the fodder beet they have been eating.
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Despite a bit of drizzle here and there, day one of Fieldays 2015 welcomed over 28,000 visitors through the gates - almost 8,000 more than opening day last year.
Until the early 1990’s Claas was known as a manufacturer of harvesting machinery for the grain and livestock industries, but that changed in 1993.
Feed company BEC Feeds says its new mineral blend, to be launched at Fieldays, offers a cost-effective solution to deficiencies in cows.
AGCO, the manufacturer and distributor of MF, Fendt, Valtra and other brands, has opened its Future Farm and Learning Centre in Lusaka, Zambia.
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