Free speech
OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
Dargaville dairy farmer Bob Franklin is happy to fork out money for top heifer grazing if he gets a product worth $20,000 more over its lifetime.
It is costing dairy farmers an “awful lot of money” to have poorly grown heifers, says AgFirst consultant Gareth Baynham.
All eye are on Fonterra this week to see if it lifts its $4.70/kgMS forecast after the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) Index price last week surged 10.1%.
Early bird registrations for the Dairy Women's Network conference are due to close on Saturday 28 February.
Last night's GlobalDairyTrade auction saw the fifth consecutive gain for dairy prices since December.
Fonterra has commissioned its first wholly owned and operated ingredients plant in Europe.
The Waikato Effluent Expo at the Mystery Creek events centre is turning five this year and it will be bigger than ever.
Leading herd management company CRV Ambreed, has appointed two new members to its senior management team.
The battle to find New Zealand's best cheese is set to be fierce with over 400 entries, three new cheese companies, a new cheese type, new international judges and the exciting addition of yoghurt and butter categories.
LIC has recorded a solid performance in the first half of the financial year. In the six months to 30 November 2014, the co-op achieved revenue of $159 million, 17.7% higher than the same period last year.
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The Global Dairy Trade price jump of 9.4% last week was at the top end or bigger than predictions by economists and part of a continued upward swing.
THe head office of Carrickmore Nutrition is indistinguishable from the other houses in Pateke Way, Parapapaumu, on the Kapiti Coast.
A New Zealand exporter of infant formula to China says there is no overall integrated ‘New Zealand Inc’ plan for that country.
Three more dairy companies – Miraka, Open Country and Westland – are reporting milk flows dipping as dry weather starts to affect grass growth and production, despite reasonable rain in many places in the past week.
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