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OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
FONTERRA IS teaming up with the Government to help develop farmers in our key export markets.
FONTERRA IS inviting people near four key catchment sites to hear about a new plan to improve water quality.
FIVE LEADING New Zealand farmers will take part in international discussions on global food security ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Australia next month.
DOMINO’S PIZZA of Canada is now using only cheese made from 100% Canadian milk on all its offerings.
IRELAND’S NATIONAL research body Teagasc says dairy farmers need to examine labour use and efficiency.
PRICE NEGOTIATIONS between supermarkets and farmers tops the Australian Federal Government’s green paper on competitiveness in the agriculture sector.
New Zealand's dairy industry has many success stories; hard work, R&D and sacrifice have paid off for innovators and entrepreneurs.
Federated Farmers chief executive Graham Smith last week spoke at the Future Farms Conference in Wellington. Here are excerpts from his speech.
NEGOTIATING A fair contract will be the first topic offered by Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) at its new Dairy Modules events for members, starting next month.
WHETHER MOTIVATED by profitability or a drive for continuous improvement, growing staff productivity is an ongoing challenge facing all businesses.
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The New Zealand dairy industry is urging Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) partners not to compromise on the quality of the deal to get it done quickly.
IT’S WEANING time for the first of the calves from the trial at Massey University looking at possible benefits of differing milk diets and machine feeding compared with hand feeding on calf growth rate and subsequent performance of dairy cattle.
MECHANICAL CULTIVATION of paddocks for producing summer forage or fodder crop happens at a time when high intensity local storms are common, adding substantial risk to the practice.
DairyNZ faced pointed questions about the sector’s staff shortages at its annual meeting earlier this month, but the day after, on a field trip, the board and senior management heard one farm’s solution.
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