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OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Fonterra has made a u-turn on its organic business, on the back of growing global demand, lifting its premium to certified organic dairy farmers by 45 cents to $1.50/kgMS.
Kelvin and Heather McKay say it was a natural progression for them to take out the 2015 West Coast/Top of the South Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year title.
A new dairy industry workplace accord will be launched in May as part of a range of industry actions aimed at helping farmers attract and retain skilled people to work on farms.
Yoghurt made from buffalo milk and butter from a boutique producer have been named Champions in the 2015 New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards.
Federated Farmers say the 8.8% drop in the Global Dairy Trade yesterday will be disappointing to New Zealand dairy farmers but it is important not to jump to conclusions.
The Dairy Women’s Network named Katie Milne as the 2015 Dairy Woman of the Year at last night’s conference gala dinner in Invercargill.
About 35,000 people attended this year’s Wanaka A&P Show, with organisers thrilled at the large crowds and some record entry numbers.
Despite re-classification as an extra-tropical cyclone in the early hours of this morning, MetService still expects Cyclone Pam to bring severe weather to many parts of New Zealand.
New Zealand's most tender and tasty lamb has been found in the final of the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Golden Lamb Awards, aka the Glammies, held at the Wanaka A&P Show.
In the wake of the Queensland fruit fly threat Lincoln University PhD student Laura Nixon is working hard to develop a weapon in the fight to stop the introduction of another unwanted destructive pest, the brown marmorated stink bug.
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Helping farmers better manage water allocations in future droughts has motivated IrrigationNZ to offer free irrigation workshops at this year's South Island Field Days.
DairyNZ and Federated Farmers are researching how much money dairy farmers have spent onfarm in environmental projects.
Hamilton agricultural contractor Greg Langman says his Abbey AP900 multi spreader has handled “everything we have thrown it” in three years of operation, says the supplier, Farmgard.
How important is it to stir effluent ponds? More important than most farmers realise, says Midwest Machinery, maker and distributor of the Nevada pond stirrer.
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