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OPINION: Milking It reckons if you're National, looking at recent polls, the dream scenario is that the elusive economic recovery…
I AM a swing voter but a recentspeech by Labour finance spokesman David Parker had me shaking my head in disbelief.
DURING THE lead-up to the launch of ‘Farming in the Cloud’, Xero discovered on average only about 10% of farmers have onfarm accounting software, says Xero’s rural specialist Ben Richmond.
RAVENSDOWN’S EXIT from the Australian fertiliser market is complete, the Christchurch co-op announced earlier this month.
ALISTAIR ROBERTSON grew up on a small town milk supply dairy farm near Otaki and has worked on dairy farms in Waikato, Tararua and Wanganui. Today he and his wife Margo are equity partners with Larry and Jane Ellison, of Rural Fuel fame, on in a large dairy farm near Bulls.
WINTER WEATHER can increase the strain on the banks of farm waterways, increasing the risk of their eroding and affecting water quality.
ANIMAL HEALTH should feature large in farmers’ end-of-season planning for stock movement, says Dairy NZ.
DURING THE last few years there has been a rise in the number of in-shed feeders being used on New Zealand dairy farms. This method of feeding cows has a number of advantages in convenience, low wastage and the ability to control per-cow intake of concentrates.
MANY TECHNICAL features formerly limited to “top tractor classes” are now found in four models in the Fendt 500 Vario series, a new class in the compact standard tractor market, says AGCO.
A NEW robotic milker from GEA Farm Technologies WestfaliaSurge will have technology not seen before on robotic systems, including a specially developed 3D camera.
AUCKLAND INFANT formula manufacturer GMP Dairy is doubling production capability: a new production line to be commissioned next year will allow the company to manufacture over 30 million cans annually.
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A‘BLACK box’ traceability concept is behind one of New Zealand’s most innovative infant formula manufacturers winning accreditation in China.
NEW ZEALAND’S free trade deal with China has been questioned as the dairy industry grapples with that country’s new rules on infant formula imports.
FONTERRA MILK for Schools celebrates one year in Otago today (May 23).To date, 8135 school children from 100 schools across the region have participated in the programme.
FEDERATED FARMERS is blowing the whistle on the 80% of sharemilkers who are yet to vote in the 2014 DairyNZ Levy referendum with just over a week until it closes.
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