Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
With cashflows tight on dairy farms, pasture comes out on top as the cheapest feed source, says fertiliser co-op Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
Four months ago, we considered several months of downward movements in dairy commodity prices on international markets.
THE HIGH-INPUT housed dairying that predominates in the US should be a pointer for New Zealand farmers on managing such ventures, says Crowe Horwarth managing principal Neil McAra, Southland.
STATE FARMER Landcorp has appointed Sarah Risell as its general manager marketing.
FEED SUPPLIER SealesWinslow has spent $10 million to get its products to farmers faster.
Much comment surfaces in the media about how much farmers should be paying staff and whether they are paying enough.
It's not something dairy farmers needed right now but the message is clear: change or risk losing your competitive edge in the global market.
THE INTERNATIONAL Dairy Federation (IDF) predicts milk prices will stabilise in the second quarter of 2015.
A BIG fanfare about the recent signing of the free trade agreement between Australia and China includes the hope that China will be the main destination for Australian dairy exports in the next 10 years.
IT’S AN exciting time for Irish and European dairy farmers. Having been constrained by European milk quotas since 1984, the shackles will finally be removed on April 1, 2015.
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WAIKATO MILKING Systems chief executive Dean Bell says New Zealand must rethink how to ‘sell’ the sector to young people.
THE DAIRY industry is being urged to think about how better to attract and retain the right people.
AUSTRALIA’S RICHEST woman has thrown a lifeline to Queensland’s ailing dairy industry.
LIC EXPECTS to get more cows in-calf at Christmas in response to high demand for its short gestation genetics offering, and as farmers find new ways to maximise the benefits this season.
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