Greenpeace a charity?
OPINION: Should Greenpeace be stripped of their charitable status? Farmers say yes.
FONTERRA HAS come under fire from its competitors at the primary production select committee hearing into the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (DIRA Bill).
AUSTRALIAN FOOD company Freedom Foods Group Ltd is to build a new milk processing plant to cash in on growing demand in Asia.
BRITISH FARMERS are crying foul over a 4c/L drop in farmgate milk price.
ONE OF the most important and, to some, controversial pieces of legislation affecting the dairy industry moved yet another stage last week.
OVER THE past three-and-a-half years, we’ve successfully steered New Zealand through the domestic and global recessions we inherited in 2008.
COLOSTRUM BASED products to be made at a new $10 million New Image Group plant in Auckland are an example of “more of where New Zealand’s primary industry is going,” says Trade Minister Tim Groser.
NEW ZEALAND needs to “run like a hare” to take advantage of our FTA with China before other countries negotiate their own, Trade Minister Tim Groser told Dairy News.
THE KAPENGA M dairy farm has a simple philosophy: maintain ownership and grow its people’s expertise in farming.
BULLS BRED to meet the special requirements of farmers milking once a day (OAD) could be available in New Zealand within the next five years.
WORKSHOPS BEGAN last week nationwide to help dairywomen better manage staff, say the organisers, Dairy Womens Network.
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COW COMFORT is not a product or a tool, it is what is happening on your farm 24/7, says dairy automation company DeLaval. It is influenced by seasonal variations and must be judged and managed with knowledge.
AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers can now learn how to tackle livestock lameness without leaving their farm.
THE RANGE of body condition scores (BCS) is as important as average BCS at calving on New Zealand dairy farms, says DairyNZ.
THE MANTRA of regional councils and dairy companies on dairy shed effluent is that holding capacity must be sufficient to ensure that, during wet weather, effluent spraying can be avoided, so minimising risk of ponding and runoff to waterways.
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