Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
IrrigationNZ submitted a briefing last month to the new Government this week on how water capture, storage, and efficient use can grow economic prosperity, support New Zealand's exports, and ensure long term regional resilience. Here's part of what Vanessa Winning, chief executive of IrrigationNZ, said:
Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay made a whirlwind trip to India last month, his first overseas visit in the new role. He spoke to Indian business leaders in New Delhi. Here's part of what he said:
OPINION: The first two Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions have delivered good news for dairy farmers.
OPINION: The fake milk brigade is trying every trick in the book to reduce dairy milk consumption.
OPINION: Take a bow, Farm Debt Mediation Scheme.
OPINION: We hope the Green Party and its supporters are taking notice.
OPINION: With current dairy returns so tight, Fonterra farmers may start to question the wisdom of some of the co-op's more charitable ventures.
Each year, over 12,000 tonnes of Perfect Italiano Mozzarella embark on a journey from Fonterra Australia's Stanhope manufacturing site in northern Victoria to be expertly shredded at its secondary processing site in Tullamarine in Melbourne.
In some of Tasmania's most remote schools, students are getting a healthy breakfast and a chance to start the day on a full stomach, increasing their focus and appetite to learn.
Cow comfort and staying relevant is at the heart of some major changes to the New Zealand Dairy Event’s (NZDE) show schedule in Feilding from January 22-24.
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The New Zealand Dairy Event (NZDE), underway this week in Fielding, is pushing hard to become the country’s premier show destination for dairy cattle.
Ask Amber Carpenter about dairy farming and you'll hear the passion in her voice as she answers.
Adapting to future consumer and environmental requirements while retaining profitability will be one of the key talking points at the Foundation for Arable Research's 2024 maize conference.
While dairy remains the biggest export earner for the NZ primary sector, it is facing some challenges in the coming two years.
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OPINION: An animal activist organisation is calling for an investigation into the use of dairy cows in sexuallly explicit content…
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