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JAPAN IS one of the world’s most protected dairy sectors, says the Dairy Company Association of New Zealand (DCANZ), which is ‘cautiously’ welcoming the country to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.
JAPAN IS one of the world’s most protected dairy sectors, says the Dairy Company Association of New Zealand (DCANZ), which is ‘cautiously’ welcoming the country to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.
IN THE face of drought, irrigation professionals are calling for water storage needs to be fast-tracked.
Fonterra is renewing contracts for some of its organic dairy farmers in the middle and lower North Island, following a turnaround in its niche organics business.
THE 2013 Taranaki Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Rachel and Kenneth Short, have become the first family to claim two generations of success in the awards.
Eighty dairy farmers attended a recent SMASH (Smaller Milk and Supply Herds) field day at Matakana Island off Tauranga. Tony Hopkinson looks at some challenges of farming on the island, and reports on the field day.
WHEN SYNLAIT Farms was announced as a Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year finalist, chief executive Juliet Maclean stressed the value they place on the people in their business.
DAIRYNZ IS urging farmers to take care in preparing cows for trucking off-farm.
A HOOF disease wreaking havoc in the US, Europe and South America has arisen in New Zealand.
COW NAMES such as Dumpling, Iceberg and Metallica may be notable come spring mating, says CRV Ambreed. These are standouts among the firm’s graduate sires for 2013.
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NEW HOLLAND’S BigBaler range of large square balers has won the company a SIMA Silver innovation medal. The judges are said to have been impressed by the safety features and best-in-class outputs.
A NEW one-day tractor pulling contest was popular at the Central District Field Days this month, the organiser says.
REFENCING A whole farm following its extension has been a good test of a dairy farmer’s choice of gates.
LONGER, COMFORTABLE work time, notably for contractors and large-scale farmers, is enabled by the four-point cab suspension on the new Claas Axion 900 tractor. The feature is standard.
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