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OPINION: Sydney has a $12 million milk disposal problem.
Union boss Helen Kelly has dairy farmers in her sights over pay rates and work conditions, naming and shaming a Taranaki cocky last week and going on Radio Live to lambast dairy farmers as poor employers.
The need for farmers to have a sound strategy to avoid flip-flopping from year to year is now more important than ever.
Dairy farmers will be bracing for sombre news from Fonterra this Wednesday.
Knee-jerk spending cuts that compromise long-term productivity are a real risk in the face of the $4.50/kgMS payout forecast and probable low opening 2015-16 figure, leading farmers are warning.
Farmers with employees living on their property should be charging them market rates to combat impressions that dairy workers were underpaid, says DairyNZ people team leader Jane Muir.
Farmers should expect “something around $5.00/kgMS” when Fonterra this week announces its opening forecast for the new season.
Fonterra is gifting a rare fire engine to the Wellington Fire Museum, retiring the vehicle after more than 20 years of service in the cooperative.
Prices have been up at weaner fairs around the country, reflecting the buoyancy of the beef market and the need for many hill country farmers to reduce stock numbers ahead of winter, comments PGG Wrightson.
Nearly 700 people will converge on Wanganui in two weeks to learn who has won the prestigious Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Maori sheep and beef farm.
Dairy prices are low and likely to stay that way a while longer, according to the latest ASB Farmshed Economics Report.
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Work is complete on a new mozzarella plant at Fonterra's Clandeboye site, doubling production of the cheese and creating enough mozzarella to top more than 300 million pizzas a year.
The North Island wool auction this week remained mostly firm except for the higher volume of shorter shears, which eased, compared to last week.
With the Waikato and Waipa rivers catchments due to face new targets and limits for water quality, farmers are being encouraged to be proactive over environment-related changes to their operations.
Chainsaw accidents are on the rise and it’s time to make some noise about this, says chainsaw maker Stihl.
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