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OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
WHOLE-HERD MATING data on hand, via a mobile app from CRV Ambreed, helps farmers manage their herds anytime, the company says.
LIC HAS launched an app that allows farmers to record key mating events from a mobile device.
SPRING IS a key time for fertilising pasture and farmers need to take a considered approach to help protect the environment and their profits.
DAIRY FARMERS stand to gain large benefits from using short-gestation semen: increased days in milk, more time between calving and planned start of mating, and no looking back to routine inductions (banned from spring 2015).
TEAT PREPARATION before milking can involve the cleaning (and/or massaging) of teats before the cups are attached.
RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand (RCNZ) is urging its members to ensure they have all the correct transport licences for the coming season.
TO HELP convince farmers that the Sportsman Ace makes as much sense on the farm as a quad Polaris have created a Farmer Edition that comes with free accessories worth $2,380.
MASSEY FERGUSON says its new MF 9407S telescopic handler specifically suits farming.
Farmer co-op LIC is to appoint Abigail (Abby) Foote as a new director.
DairyNZ says the latest drop in Fonterra's forecast farmgate milk price for the 2014-15 season is a signal to farmers to reassess the costs of their farm system.
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Dairy Women's Network has appointed one of its past Dairy Woman of the Year winners as its incoming chair.
Fonterra farmers will receive a record $8.50kgMS for milk supplied to the co-op last season.
DairyNZ chairman John Luxton has described the 2013-14 year as a significant one for the dairy industry.
Six candidates are vying for Fonterra board elections this year.
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