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OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
A warning to New Zealand: don't hold your breath about Canada rushing to open its market to our dairy exports.
Despite the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau swanning around the world claiming his country supports rules-based trade – he said this just a few days ago – the fact remains Canada is regarded globally as one the world’s most protectionist economies.
The country's best ice cream maker says it’s the quality of the ingredients that makes all the difference to his products.
New Zealand dairy farmers are facing uncertain and complex times, says Rabobank’s senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins.
The pressures coming to bear on dairy farming mean a lot of farming businesses are not viable, warns retiring DairyNZ board member Colin Glass.
Fonterra shareholder and Cambridge farmer Garry Reymer wants Fonterra to include capital structure on the agenda at the next round of farmer meetings.
Fonterra chairman Peter McBride says the proposal to reduce the size of the co-operative's board has unanimous support from sitting directors.
Fonterra is looking at reducing the size of its board.
With the Irish dairy industry often compared to that of New Zealand, it would appear that Paddy is a long way ahead of his Kiwi counterpart when it comes to using dairy effluent.
Controlled Traffic Farming (TCF) systems see arable operators, using tramlines as “highways” for moving through a crop.
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Robotic milking specialist Lely has announced that Exos, a fully autonomous vehicle for harvesting and feeding fresh grass, will be commercially available to Dutch dairy farms from the middle of 2024.
The first of French manufacturer Pichon’s new SV slurry tankers certainly looks like it means business.
While New Zealand can claim to be particularly good at producing milk from grass, we still have a lot to learn about effluent.
Low Emission Slurry Systems (LESS) have driven the Irish effluent application scene for many years, with a government funded initiative targeting dairy farmers to utilise effluent and slurry more efficiently.
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