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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.
RECENT RESEARCH shows some pastoral soils lose more crucial carbon and nitrogen than others. The reason isn’t known precisely yet but it could be important. Research continues.
A BIG drop in the milksolids price has left many farmers wondering how they can make a profit – or at least minimise their loss – in what promises to be a financially challenging season.
HERD IMPROVEMENT company CRV Ambreed says its top-performing bull Aljo TEF Maelstrom continues to show strong genetic value.
ANIMAL BREEDING company CRV Ambreed says its new bull centre in Hamilton will provide a world-class facility for farmers around the world.
A WELL-DESIGNED and managed effluent pond is efficient and reduces risk to a farm, says DairyNZ. It also increases flexibility: you can determine when to irrigate at a time that suits.
AN AWARD-WINNING effluent pond on a North Canterbury dairy farm is meeting its owner’s needs and satisfies the requirements of the regional authority, reports the contractor.
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TOTAL CONTROL of the effluent process is the key benefit of an Archway weeping wall effluent system, says the company owner Matt Hodgson.
YARDMASTER IS synonymous with effluent equipment but has only recently added stainless steel manufacturing to its resume by buying the assets of Whangarei company Industrial Stainless & Design Limited (ISD).
DAIRY FARM effluent grows in value as fertiliser prices rise, says Waikato Regional Council. In its publication ‘Effluent management; for the health of our waterways and groundwater’, the council urges farmers to treat effluent as a fertiliser, but carefully because it lacks balance, being very high in potassium.
EFFLUENT PUMP maker Numedic says its new horizontal effluent pump is a “complete solution” as pumping from above-ground effluent storage tanks becomes more popular.
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