PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister David Carter is lauding the signing of a deal between the New Zealand dairy technology company Milfos and a Russian company, Mercurii Holdings.

THE NEW Fonterra Shareholders Council chairman Ian Brown has his work cut out over the next two weeks.

NEVER MIND the detail, it’s the whole cooperative ethos that is at stake in this month’s TAF (trading among farmers) vote, says one of the shareholders who instigated the second ballot.

FONTERRA HAS a serious problem but, contrary to the board’s claims, it is not redemption, says a Netherlands-based cooperatives expert.

USING AGBRAND stock feeders on a King Country farm has hugely cut feed waste.

IT IS not a matter of if but when foot and mouth disease (FMD) comes to Australia, according to Rob Bonanno, the past president of the Australian Cattle Vets Association.

A COLOSTRUM management protocol is important to ensure calves receive enough antibodies but colostrum alone does not guarantee calf-rearing success.

IT IS not a matter of if but when foot and mouth disease (FMD) comes to Australia, according to Rob Bonanno, the past president of the Australian Cattle Vets Association.

VETS WILL gather later this month at Hamilton for their annual conference. The New Zealand Veterinary Association’s ‘Heart of Practice’ conference, June 19-22, has the goal of improving animal health and welfare. 

A YOUNG inventor will return to Fieldays this week hoping to find and thank people who last year encouraged him to develop a now-patented tool.

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