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A much stronger market at Temuka was the result of dairy grazing contracts coming to an end and, with feed left over, many came to sale today to see what was on offer.
The outlook for beef prices remains strong despite the NZ high dollar.
ARABLE FARMERS are being encouraged to consider dairy effluent as an alternative source of plant nutrients, notably nitrogen.
INDEPENDENT PROCESSOR Tatua remains hopeful of global dairy prices bouncing back.
WINNING THE 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards gives Canterbury dairy farmers Mark and Devon Slee the opportunity to tell some 'good news' stories about their industry and New Zealand agriculture in general.
FARMERS MUST lift their game on environmental and labour issues over the next three years.
DAIRY FARMERS are up for the challenge of working with local communities to fix local water quality problems and deliver on the Government's new national water quality standards, says DairyNZ.
FONTERRA HAS entered into an exclusive partnership with UK-based Dairy Crest to market and sell two products for the fast growing global baby food market.
FEDERATED FARMERS' Dairy Industry Group has elected Feilding farmer Andrew Hoggard as its new chairman.
OCEANIA DAIRY'S staff have moved into the office building at the company's new Glenavy processing plant.
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TWO OF LIC bulls have taken out this year's sire of the season awards from Jersey and Holstein-Friesian breed societies.
Prevention against one of New Zealand's biggest biosecurity risks – foot and mouth disease (FMD) – has been given a leg-up with specialist training in Nepal.
THE 2014 New Zealand Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Charlie and Jody McCaig, have used the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards to establish a leading farm business as well as raise their profile.
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST dairy co-op Murray Goulburn (MG) will spend $15 million upgrading its Edith Creek plant in Tasmania, aiming to develop ‘innovative’ dairy beverages.
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