Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
FONTERRA'S ICONIC Te Rapa site in Hamilton hosted 5000 people during a community day on Saturday.
WARMER WEATHER is making a welcome return around the country, but when humidity rises, so does the risk of facial eczema, which can significantly affect milk production and animal health.
Yesterday's Synlait Milk annual meeting delivered good news for members, with the company showing solid performance for the 2013 financial year.
FONTERRA HAS welcomed Alan van der Nagel as their new managing director of international farming.
AUSTRALIA’S NATIONAL farmer lobby has welcomed the free trade deal with China – but not everyone is happy.
Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) opened its gates on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 November to more than 900 visitors.
WESTLAND HAS reduced its forecast payout by 40c to $5-$5.40/kgMS.
THE A2 MILK Company (a2MC) believes a lot of its new a2Platinum infant formula could be finding its way from Australia into China on the ‘grey market’ – though regulation changes have hampered its launch of the product there.
‘DISAPPOINTING’ WAS economists’ key word last week as GlobalDairyTrade resumed its slide, falling 3.1% overall with powders plunging 5-6%.
IT IS great to see Trade Minister Tim Groser and DCANZ executive director Kimberly Crewther taking a positive stance on the news that Australia and China have signed a free trade agreement.
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Fonterra chairman John Wilson spoke at the co-op’s recent annual meeting in Palmerston North. Here are excerpts from his speech.
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER to help farmers face economic and environmental pressures is a key challenge facing the Precision Agriculture Association of NZ and one reason the organisation wants to attract more farmers.
MANY BELIEVE that using sharemilking as a stepping stone towards farm ownership is becoming a thing of the past, but Irishman Bernard Kelly and his Kiwi wife Jo are following this path to achieve their dreams.
KIERAN AND Leonie Guiney entered the Dairy Business of the Year competition to prove a point. And at a field day earlier this month they made it.
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