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TWO OF Australia’s listed dairy manufacturers could soon merge to form one of the largest publicly listed food companies in the country.
AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are welcoming the appointment of Barnaby Joyce as the new Federal Agriculture Minister.
A US$100 million milk packaging plant opened in Vietnam can pack 400 million L of milk annually.
EUROPEAN DAIRY processor FrieslandCampina says its new development centre in Singapore will make dairy-based beverages and infant and toddler nutrition products tailored specifically for Asian consumers.
CRIES FOR help from Canterbury dairy farmers hit by storm and resultant power blackouts is puzzling.
ISN’T IT amazing how some people love to talk about catastrophy. Last month’s dairy recalls saw some truly jump off the deep end, and just as we were getting through that, others latched onto a New York dairy strategist’s warning that the New Zealand dairy industry could be squashed by a resurgent US one.
SEALESWINSLOW HAS upgraded its Wanganui stock feed mill and says it will provide better service in the lower North Island.
LABOUR SHORTAGES and the need to boost productivity and sustainability may be tipping points for demand for robotic milking systems in the southern hemisphere, says DeLaval’s Oceania market development manager, Mark Smith.
LIC IS extending its annual Calf Club sponsorship to include a KiwiCross champion cup for group day events.
A CHALLENGING time in his first season as a sharemilker has served to set Clarence Stolte (26) on the pathway to success.
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SPRING IS usually the time for cultivating paddocks to their best for fresh pasture or crops, cultivating with tillage equipment ranging from mouldboard plough to direct drill.
MATING HEIFERS is seen this season as a good way to replace cows culled in the drought, and more farmers are doing it, says Focus Genetics.
SEVEN YEARS into once-a-day milking of a split herd, life for 50:50 sharemilker Sean Ross has settled to a productive routine.
DAIRYING IN Taranaki produced $1 billion worth of milk in the last financial year, reports industry body DairyNZ as it heads into the province next week for its annual general meeting.
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