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OPINION: Sydney has a $12 million milk disposal problem.
A strong Fonterra co-operative is crucial for New Zealand dairy farmers, says Ruawai farmer Greg Gent.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) staff have ramped up testing procedures and investigations in an effort to determine how a dairy herd in the Selwyn district of Canterbury contracted Mycoplasma bovis.
Former Fonterra Co-operative Council chair Simon Couper is making a comeback to a governance role within the co-operative.
Sitting Fonterra board members Brent Goldsack and Cathy Quinn are unopposed at this year’s director elections.
DairyNZ has updated the national breakeven forecast to $7.78/kgMS, a 27c increase from its previous forecast.
The 2024 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) national champions will be crowned in Queenstown in May next year.
Synlait has matched Fonterra in delivering a final milk price of $8.22/kgMS for last season.
Troubled Canterbury milk processor Synlait has posted a loss of $4.3 million for 2023 financial year, a major reversal from a $38m profit the previous year.
A mid-Canterbury dairy farm has been confirmed infected with Mycoplasma bovis this week after it was first identified by standard bulk tank milk background screening, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
A custom-built, eight-row, linkage-mounted precision planter is enabling Hamish Golden, a South Catlins-based ag contractor, to direct-drill a range of forage crops without any loss in accuracy or yield potential.
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Well known European brands Sulky, Sky and Prolog have been brought together under a single brand called Sky Agriculture, ditching their blue, green and red colour schemes for a new graphite grey and titanium white corporate look.
The technology and Innovation Centre (TIZ 3) at Grieskirchen in Austria was founded in 2002 and is operated by three shareholders.
An online feed sourcing and delivery platform, Feed Finder, has been launched to help farmers.
The Kuhn GA 15131 rake, with a working width of 9.50 to 14.7 metres, currently holds the world record, established in Denmark in 2019, for raking output, where it was able to rake 188.9ha in only 8 hours.
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