Dairy unity
OPINION: A last-minute compromise ensured that the election of the new Federated Farmers national dairy chair wasn't a repeat of…
BEFORE YOU make costly changes to meet environmental regulations ask your regional council some key questions, delegates at an ATS Federated Farmers nutrient seminar in Ashburton last week were told.
CONSUMER RESISTANCE to Fonterra’s new lightproof plastic milk bottles is waning, says the co-op.
WILL FONTERRA shareholders eventually have to “do a Mighty River and sell 49%” to meet the capital gap needed for industry growth?
THE NEW ZEALAND dairy industry is “defensive” on environmental issues because it perceives itself as being attacked, says Australian climate change activist and business advisor Paul Gilding.
MILK is affected by light, so blocking out light will impact the taste of milk.
NATIONAL’S FIFTH budget was possibly its most political offering to date, with little to excite the business community in general and the primary sector specifically.
ARTIFICIAL BREEDING company CRV says it is gaining weight in the New Zealand dairy bull semen market. The latest RAS list is said to show it influencing the industry.
TWO MERGERS have taken place among New Zealand’s cooperatives while a third remains under discussion. In the Bay of Plenty, kiwifruit and avocado packhouse cooperatives Satara and Eastpack have merged, and the members of the two North Island Foodstuffs cooperatives are talking about coming together.
I HAVE recently been involved in an industry forum on safety and well-being in the primary sector. This was prompted by recent reviews of mental health in rural communities which identified some disturbing statistics regarding the incidence of depression and suicides in our rural communities.
NEXT MONTH’S National Fieldays will do more than just connect farmers with suppliers: the organisers are focused on the global economy and how farming can tap into opportunities offshore.
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FOR 40 YEARS, we at ANZ have been pulling on our gumboots and getting in among it at National Fieldays.
HOW DO you improve a winning formula? asks The Wrangler, announcing that its Wrangler cow handler will be available at Fieldays with the option of a walk -through head bail.
ROTARY AND herringbone milking systems get equal notice at Waikato Milking Systems, depending on the size of would-be or actual customers’ herds.
A 19 Farm trial run by Corkill Systems and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) has shown average vacuum pump power savings of 52% through using a Varivac vacuum pump controller.
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