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PERMANENTLY BANNING helicopter monitoring of farm effluent issues would lift a big weight of anxiety off farmers’ shoulders, says a Waikato farmer spokeswoman Lisa Lile.
NEGATIVE IMAGES and public backlash against the agricultural sector is a threat to New Zealand, says Deputy Prime Minister Bill English. He urges the farming sector to help itself by moving to present a positive view of its activities to the public.
A CENTRAL QUEENSLAND farming family is taking proactive steps to ensure a viable future in dairying for the next generation.
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.
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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.
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.
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