Synthetic milk
OPINION: Will synthetic milk derail NZ's economy?
FEDERATED FARMERS has slammed the Environment Court for the changes it’s made to Horizons Regional Council’s controversial One Plan. It warns dairy farmers could be forced off their land by some of the new rules.
A2 CORPORATION pays a premium for its A2 milk of 8-10% above the farmgate price of standard milk, says managing director Geoff Babidge.
NEW ZEALAND infant formula exports to China face growing scrutiny.
LAST SEASON’S stupendous production, in particular autumn’s awesome output, saw Fonterra ship a record 620,000t of product in the fourth quarter, 36% more than last year.
WAIKATO MILKING Systems NZ Ltd has won a multi-million dollar bid to supply Chinese dairy giant Mengnui with 13 rotary milking platforms – a big thumbs up for Kiwi agricultural technology, says Waikato’s chief executive Dean Bell.
THE 2012-13 milk season is off to a flying start.
Feilding store lamb prices continue to defy the odds with sizeable lifts across nearly all weights and grades.
Australian mutton production hit rock bottom last year by hitting its lowest annual total in over three decades.
DOES THIS sound familiar? You write all your calvings into your notebook or on a scrap of paper, then when you go to enter it in the computer it’s missing – or you’re unsure whether one digit is a 6 or a 0.
INDUSTRY BENCHMARKS set repeatedly by Polaris quads in ride quality show these machines to be “getting better and better,” says maker Polaris Industries.
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DAIRY FARMERS could lower the risk of mastitis and grades from somatic cell counts and other bacteria with a Dairymaster ClusterCleanse, says company director Craig Burrows.
HYUNDAI MOTORS New Zealand has launched its new Veloster Turbo in showrooms.
THE FOURTH generation Range Rover is touted as the most capable and luxurious Land Rover yet. Lighter, stronger and with new levels of refinement, it presents as the world’s finest luxury SUV, says global brand director John Edwards.
Agent's powers combined to pull in over 1,000 cattle to Stortford today and with the cattle came the people, as a packed rostrum housed people from as far away as Feilding and Wanganui, joined by the local contingent.
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