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OPINION: Sydney has a $12 million milk disposal problem.
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.
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.
Deere and Co, the owners of the John Deere tractor brand, has reviewed its earnings forecast for the financial year to October, saying it will finish at about US$1.9 billion despite sales having fallen by 19% in the year so far, not 17% as previously forecast.
The John Deere logo is probably recognised by anyone in agriculture, but a 2014 Top 100 of Global Brands and their perceived values produced by Interbrand showed JD was even recognised by the greater public, coming in at 79th position with a value of $5.12 billion.
Matamata contractor and dairy farmer Robert Klaus has great partnerships.
Automated fertiliser spreading with a Vicon RO XL GEOspread is raising accuracy and cutting tedium on a Canterbury cropping farm.
The wordlwide spend on agricultural machinery amounts to many billions of dollars, and with it creates a support industry for the service and parts required to keep these machines moving.
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Physical and mental wellbeing while farming under pressure will be a key subject at the 2015 South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) at Lincoln University from June 22-24.
It's possible to meet nitrogen limits onfarm while remaining productive.
GrainCorp Feeds, formerly BLM Feeds, will officially unveil its new-look at this year’s National Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.
Efficiencies in the dairy industry will be a key subject at the annual South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) at Lincoln University on June 22-24.
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