Misguided campaign
OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
With Easter looming and calves taking precedence over older cattle with calf sales kicking into gear, numbers were lighter last week.
More than 150 Southland and Otago primary schools are today being invited to be among the first schools in the country to receive free milk for their students under the nationwide Fonterra Milk for Schools programme.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday met with John Wilson for a tour of a South Auckland dairy farm and also visited its Te Rapa manufacturing site.
Total milk production could drop for the first time in five years, according to Westpac's most recent forecasts.
BEL Group business manager Justine Kidd from Waipukurau was named the Dairy Woman of the Year this week at a gala dinner held by the Dairy Women's Network in Nelson.
Kiwis now have more reasons to enjoy the delicious taste of fresh milk more often, thanks to Anchor's introduction of New Zealand's only triple layer, 100% LIGHT PROOF bottle.
WE ARE rapidly approaching the final quarter of a season many Australian dairy farmers will want to forget.
COW HEALTH and contentment are important in a Queensland dairy farm positioning itself in the public eye. And the farmer, Greg Dennis, reckons he also gets a bottom line reward because his happy cows are more productive.
DAIRY FARMERS in the North Island are facing a stern test. Most regions haven’t had decent rain for two months, pasture has disappeared and milk production is at a trickle.
ISN’T IT ironic: we had a cooperative structure that simply made us the preferred company to supply; now we need five-point plans to attract and retain milk supply.
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UNIVERSITY OF Auckland geneticist Professor Russell Snell has been appointed director of the Joint Graduate School for Dairy being opened at the university this year.
A FREE DairyNZ scheme which helps farmers share knowledge one-to-one is to be launched in Northland after a successful 12 month trial in Waikato.
KIKUYU IS regarded by farmers in the northern half of the North Island, and in Northland particularly, as a grass that can withstand the dry.
DAIRY FARMERS wanting to maintain production into late autumn will find the best economy lies in the use of N, says Ballance science extension manager Aaron Stafford.
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