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Low dairy prices will benefit the New Zealand dairy industry in the long term, says a Lincoln University official.
With the threat of climate change confronting New Zealand dairy farming, CRV Ambreed says their tropical dairy breed may provide a solution.
Many Fonterra shareholders were disappointed with the interim results the co-op announced last month. Many feel they are not seeing a return on their investment.
Delegations from Vietnam and Brazil have visited New Zealand this month to study co-ops and how they contribute to the world’s most co-operative economy.*
The world tractor market for 2014 is estimated to be about 2.1 million units, which showed a slight decline and high regional variation.
Tractor sales in New Zealand last year hit a ten-year high and Waikato played its part.
Although a Canterbury farmer and trucking company are in the clear over animal welfare violations, that is no cause for complacency, warns Federated Farmers.
The 11 finalists in the 2015 New Zealand Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year competition have travelled diverse pathways to get to their current positions.
Twenty year old Adam Mehrtens will the youngest competitor at the 2015 National Ploughing Championship, but the plough he’ll be using has seen action at the highest level.
Grass harrows with seed boxes have been around for some years and have largely been seen as an easy, low cost option for sowing small seeds into cultivated ground.
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In an attempt to beef up milk cooling temperature standards MPI has proposed changes that will affect new dairy installations from June 1, 2016 and existing plant from 2018.
Launched at the South Island Agricultural Field Days, the Shelbourne Powerspread caught the eyes of the Innovation Competition judges who awarded it first place in the imported machine category.
National Fieldays has launched ‘Fieldays Innovation Accelerator’ with its new sponsor Callaghan Innovation, aiming to “accelerate the rise of Kiwi inventions to the global stage”.
National Fieldays is sticking with Xero as its exclusive premier feature partner this year.
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