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WITHIN 50 years dung beetles will inhabit the whole country, says Shaun Forgie, the Landcare Research scientist working with the Dung Beetle Release Strategy Group.
IT IS widely known that feeding good quality colostrum to calves as soon as possible after birth helps provide immunity to disease in the first 4-6 weeks of life.
AUSTRALIAN FARMER Jess Fleming likens her calves to babies and like any proud mum she is determined to give them the best possible upbringing.
A SIMPLE, accurate and low-cost onfarm diagnostic kit is said to allow farmers to swiftly identify common mastitis pathogens without a microscope and further testing.
VOLVO PLANS an ‘inside-out’ car launching over the next three months.
FONTERRA HAS announced two senior appointments to its management team.
SYNLAIT HAS appointed Mike Lee to the newly created role of general manager sales reporting to the managing director Dr John Penno.
SEVEN COMPANIES joined New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) at the 12th World Dairy Expo and Summit in Xi'an, China, over the weekend.
HAVING ADEQUATE storage to stop effluent being sprayed on to pasture at the wrong time is starting to become the new normal for Waikato dairy farmers, says the author of a report to Waikato Regional Council's environmental performance committee.
Food company Goodman Fielder will spend $27 million on upgrading its UHT milk plant in Christchurch.
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ST PETER'S School, Cambridge and Lincoln University have announced a new joint venture that will replicate in the Waikato the hugely successful demonstration dairy farm that the University and its partners operate in Canterbury.
DAIRYNZ is again seeking aspiring directors who are interested in taking up an opportunity for an associate position on its board.
THE DAIRY industry will need 2300 more, and better qualified, workers by 2025, says the Ministry for Primary Industries.
AGRESEARCH CHIEF executive Tom Richardson denies claims that his organisation is “haemorrhaging scientists” as a result of a massive restructuring to locate most staff at campuses near Massey and Lincoln universities.
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