Dairy unity
OPINION: A last-minute compromise ensured that the election of the new Federated Farmers national dairy chair wasn't a repeat of…
CONSUMER RESEARCH has revealed 72% of people in Asia see dairy as an important part of a balanced diet. However, the research also shows fewer than half the 9000 people surveyed in nine countries are eating dairy daily.
DAIRYNZ PLANS to run a trial on its research farm near Hamilton to see how much water they use and when they use it.
SOCIAL MEDIA have thrust farmers into customers’ and consumers’ spotlights, revealing how food is produced and the resources used to produce it.
HIGH DEMAND and successive years of low production has created a fodder supply shortage in Australia’s dairying regions, creating headaches for farmers sourcing feed.
UK DAIRY farmers are unhappy with calls for controls of milk supplies in the EU beyond 2015.
THE MOVE by DairyNZ to take a close look at water usage on its dairy farm in the Waikato is timely and shows good scientific leadership in this area.
IAN PROUDFOOT’S article in the last Dairy News ((May 28) deserves a response, particularly as his claims on biosecurity funding cuts are completely wrong.
FONTERRA BRAND Tip Top’s Boysenberry Ripple ice cream has won the supreme award for a large manufacturer in this year’s national ice cream awards – the second consecutive year it has taken the award.
FONTERRA FARMER shareholders have shown interest in an offer to sell the economic rights to their shares, with about 20% taking up the company’s supply offer.
FONTERRA PREDICTS 70-80% of New Zealand schools may sign up to the Milk for School scheme, says managing director corporate affairs Todd Muller.
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SHAUN AND Fiona Kehely had been discussing building a Herd Home on their dairy farm for nearly five years and after two years in the building the first cows used it in early April.
MIXED PASTURE species may be another tool some farmers can use to reduce the amount of nitrogen their cows put on pastures through their urine, says a DairyNZ senior scientist.
THE IMPORTANCE of getting cows up to the recommended body condition scores (BCS) of 5.0 for cows and 5.5 for rising three-year-olds and heifers has been proven by research at DairyNZ.
MAIZE CROPS could help farmers worried about high nitrogen leeching, said Pioneer and Ballance representatives speaking at a roadshow seminar organised in Northland by HerdHomes founder Tom Pow.
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