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OPINION: Will synthetic milk derail NZ's economy?
A2 IS planning to launch into the North American fresh milk market. It launched in China in November and is growing in Australia and the UK.
DAIRYNZ CHIEF scientist Dr Eric Hillerton will step down in July. He will remain involved in New Zealand through various dairy farming projects.
KEEP CALM and keep to budget is Lincoln University Dairy Farm’s response to this season’s payout crescendo.
IN AN area prone to summer dries, Mangaiti, near the Te Aroha town boundary on the Paeroa road, is where Jarrah Sheehan first went share milking. Now he and his wife Sheree and family are making rapid progress.
MEDIA STORIES have recently promoted continued use of single active injection and pour-on drenches in cattle. The writers argue that though these products will almost certainly fail to control Cooperia because of widespread drench resistance, they are still likely to adequately control Ostertagia, which is the most pathogenic parasite of cattle. But there are reasons why farmers should not follow this advice.
THE SHIPS have set sail to deliver nearly 5,000 Fonterra Milk for Schools milk packs to kids on the Chatham, Stewart, and Great Barrier islands.
PGG WRIGHTSON and software company Xero will jointly sponsor the premier feature at National Fieldays 2014.
TARANAKI CONTRACTORS Marc Gopperth and Andy Davy have three new Fella tedders helping them make the best bale possible. They work as a partnership offering services including grass harvesting, cultivation and seeding.
While conditions are dry there is confidence that the cyclone which is set to hit the North at the end of the week will bring much needed rain and the weaner heifer market at Stortford was buoyant today.
The outlook for lamb prices continues to be positive with farmgate prices already close to bottoming out.
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THE THREE FINALISTS for the Dairy Community Leadership Award run by Dairy Women's Network have been announced.
‘WE NEED the resources to keep the drive for change moving.’ That’s the plea from meat industry reform lobby group MIE (Meat Industry Excellence) in asking farmers to support its remit for funding from Beef + Lamb NZ (BLNZ). This and other remits will be voted on at BLNZ’s annual meeting in Feilding on March 14.
MAKE YOUR vote count; that’s the message from DairyNZ as it prepares to go back to farmers for another five-year levy mandate.
AN IMPORTANT challenge for all family businesses is how to develop the capabilities of the next generation, especially if they are participate in its ownership and management.
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