Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
"I'm more positive now than I was two or three months ago." That's the view of Richard Wyeth, chief executive of Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products (WMP).
Dairy prices ended a two-month golden run last week but it's not all bad news.
Fonterra and its former chief financial officer Neil Beaumont mutually agreed to end his employment last month.
The change in government following last month's general elections doesn't change the need for an on-farm emissions target, says Fonterra chair Peter McBride.
Global food giant Nestlé has welcomed Fonterra’s newly released Scope 3 emissions target.
Fonterra chair Peter McBride says the co-operative isn’t buying shares to prop up its share price.
A working group, made up of agribusiness leaders, has been set up to help New Zealand remain internationally competitive in genetic gain.
Sitting Fonterra directors Brent Goldsack and Cathy Quinn have been re-elected for another three-year term.
ANYTHING GOOD for Australia is in the long run good for New Zealand. That’s the reaction of Trade Minister Tim Groser to the news that Australia has signed a free trade agreement with China, and to speculation that their FTA with China is better than NZ’s, especially regarding dairy products.
Claas has closed the gap in the DISCO 9200/9300 and the DISCO 1100 wide mower ranges, with the arrival of the new 9700 range triple set up.
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Kuhn has updated its range of self-propelled mixer wagon to include heavy-duty models with SPW INTENSE.
In agriculture, the emphasis for the last 150 years has been on using technology to know more about orchards, fields, and crops, which has been great, according to Watermetrics.
With the fertiliser spreading season in full swing, a Central Otago dairy farmer has embraced the benefits of GPS mapping and automated data management, resulting in substantial savings of both time and money.
Until recently Ingelwood farmer Nigel King’s 75-metre maize stack looked like an aviary and he was losing quality feed.
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