Dreams aren't plans
OPINION: Milking It reckons if you're National, looking at recent polls, the dream scenario is that the elusive economic recovery…
A MOTION calling for Fonterra to halt its expansion strategy until milk payout recovers has been defeated.
IT'S THE stuff animal breeding sales representative dream of - selling 70,000 semen straws in a season.
ENTRIES FOR the 2015 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards close at midnight this coming Sunday 30 November 2014.
OUTSPOKEN SOUTH Canterbury farmer Leonie Guiney has been elected to the Fonterra board.
A NEW on-line training program created by Dairy Australia is intended to help Australian dairy farmers enhance their communications skills.
HONDA HAS made a lot more changes to the new TRX500 over the previous model than when they refreshed the model in 2011.
HYUNDAI NEW Zealand’s new ‘flagship’ luxury sedan, Genesis, has scored highest in 21 years of ANCAP testing, the company says.
AN AUSTRALIAN first – an above-ground effluent storage tank – is fixing problems for a Tasmanian farmer and is an aid to major research into methane gas emissions.
DESPITE A favourable winter and early spring, this season’s lower forecast milk price shows how quickly things can change. Farm budgets are vital, says DairyNZ economist Angie Fisher.
DAIRY FARMERS need to act now to avoid going backwards once the forecast payout starts to bite next year, says Justin Geddes, agribusiness principal at Crowe Horwath.
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RESPIRATORY DISEASE in calves and young stock can occur sporadically as isolated cases, but also as outbreaks.
ARE YOUR cell counts increasing and above 100,000 and is your clinical mastitis above 10% of the herd for the whole year? If so, it will be costing you money.
UNHEALTHY ANIMALS ruin any farmer’s day. The extra time and out-of-pocket costs for treatment add up, especially as your herd grows. Most health issues your herd faces can be managed, monitored and improved through management and recording processes.
BREEDING NEW fast-growing grass varieties that produce more seeds and are resistant to drought, pests, grazing and disease may inadvertently be creating the next generation of invasive weeds, researchers say.
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