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Despite the bumper season, some dairy farmers may be heading into winter with a feed deficit, says DairyNZ farm systems specialist Chris Glassey.
Fonterra yesterday unveiled the next step in its strategy to build a high-quality, sustainable fresh local milk supply in China, announcing plans to invest $100 million to develop two new large-scale dairy farms in Hebei province.
Leading experts will be sharing their insights at the second DairyNZ Farmers' Forum to be held in Hamilton on May 23-24.
A Bill which oversees Fonterra's farm gate milk price setting and "aims to deliver a more transparent and efficient dairy market" according to Prime Industries Minister David Carter, passed its first reading in Parliament yesterday.
A new innovation means farmers can set up drafting of cows for the next milking from wherever they happen to be, and in the time it takes to send a text.
The big winners at the 2012 Southland Dairy Industry Awards are newcomers to the province, who share common interests and business strengths.
Fonterra Cooperative Limited yesterday outlined details of its Group Strategy Refresh which aims to grow volumes and value by focusing more tightly on emerging markets and products that meet growing consumer demand for dairy nutrition.
The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council, which speaks for Fonterra’s 10,500 farmer-shareholders, has announced it cannot support the Government’s Dairy Industry Restructuring Bill as it is currently written.
A new bill detailing proposals to oversee Fonterra’s farm gate milk price setting and ensure a more transparent and efficient dairy market was tabled in Parliament yesterday by Primary Industries Minister David Carter.
The dairy industry is working hard but struggling to implement its much-heralded effluent code of practice and design standards, says irrigation industry stalwart Stuart Reid.
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CHANGING NEW Zealanders' perception of Fonterra is a key strategy of chief executive Theo Spierings.
Growing people is foremost for Taranaki farmer Barbara Kuriger, named first-ever Dairy Woman of the Year. She received the award last week at the Dairy Womens Network conference in Rotorua.
A ‘womens problem’ common among cows cannot be ignored, and not only at-risk cows should be checked, a Dairy Womens Network workshop heard last week.
Global dairy markets last week broke out of a seven-month stable stretch in a move labelled “material and meaningful” by one leading analyst.
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