Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
ARE OUR primary industries and hence entire economy heading for a fall due to lack of science funding and capability? Quite possibly, judging by papers presented on the first day of last week’s New Zealand Grassland Association conference in Tauranga.
BEGA CHEESE has been given the green light by the competition watchdog to take over Warrnambool Cheese and Butter, but Canadian processor Saputo and Murray Goulburn are still waiting for approval.
DAIRYNZ IS set to almost double the amount of money it spends on helping farmers deal with new environmental laws from central government and regional councils.
WHILE IT’S been fair and fashionable to bag Fonterra for its mistakes over the false botulism scare it is perhaps time to look at the many lessons from this debacle.
FONTERRA FARMERS have been encouraged by their co-op chairman to assess board candidates for ‘world class governance’ skills. Great exercise. Do we ever assess our existing candidates for such?
MAORI FARMING leader Kingi Smiler says it was a delightful surprise to win Federated Farmers’ Agribusiness Person of the Year award.
IF INVESTORS continue to see record farmgate prices and vendors continue to sit tight on the back of these prices there is an expectation dairy property prices could really heat up heading into summer 2014.
THE 2014 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are accepting entries in what is likely to be the most memorable awards competition to date says the national convenor Chris Keeping.
TWO NEW Zealand dairy farming women will this week attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Women’s Leadership Forum in Beijing.
ROBOTS ROAMING dairy pastures are set to take farm management to a whole new level soon it seems, with two designs in advanced stages of development.
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MASSEY UNIVERSITY researchers are testing a farm system that shows potential to improve the productivity of dairy farms, while minimising the environmental impacts on water quality.
FERTILISER CO-OP Ravensdown has put together a team of consultants to advise farmers on environmental issues.
MYCOTOXINS – a group of compounds produced by fungi or mould – have a number of negative effects on the dairy cow, says visiting Canadian expert Professor Trevor Smith.
AUSTRALIAN FARMERS farmers Brett and Judith Gledhill have increased conception rates since switching their herd to calving every three months.
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