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THE FUTURE profitability of dairy farming in the wake of falling international prices for dairy products is likely to be a hot topic when DairyNZ goes to Timaru next week for its annual meeting.
ONE OF New Zealand's top businessmen and long-time leader in the dairy industry, Sir Dryden Thomas Spring, will receive the University of Waikato's most prestigious award of Honorary Doctorate at the graduation ceremony October 22.
The world's biggest robotic dairy farm under one roof has started production in South Canterbury.
A WESTLAND District Council–Westland Milk Products partnership is proposing a $5 million upgrade to the Hokitika supply to meet the growing demands of the dairy company for high quality water.
WESTLAND HAD a record revenue for the 2013-14 of $830 million, up 46% on the previous year, but admits its payout was not as industry competitive as previous years.
SYNLAIT MILK is now a registered manufacturer of retail-ready infant formula for export to China, following approval from the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA).
FEDERATED FARMERS will launch its new and improved Herd Owning Sharemilking Agreement to dairy farmers tomorrow (October 1).
FOR THE third year in a row Morrinsville-based Tatua dairy cooperative has beaten Fonterra again – with a $9/kgMS farmgate milk price plus a $1.32 pre-tax retention for the 2013/14 season.
FONTERRA IS boosting its connectivity to farmers through the Farm Source programme which will support farmers and their farming businesses and bolster the cooperative's connection with rural communities in New Zealand.
THE 2014 New Zealand Dairy Trainee of the Year, Ruth Hone, says the awards provide opportunities for those that apply themselves.
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With the payout for the season looking likely to be below the six dollar mark, many dairy farmers need to be concerned. Six dollars was probably ok for many, but any less will see the hair going greyer and the worry beads being fingered.
Federated Farmers’ recent manifesto talks about building a sustainable farm system giving us the collective means to progress as a nation. We can and we will be more than we are today, but to do that we need the right people trained the right way.
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.
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