Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Angus, Hereford and Simmental bull breeders are being encouraged to nominate sires for use in an innovative beef programme.
OPINION: In an ever-changing world, dairy farmers face numerous challenges that hinder their ability to maintain profitability and sustainability.
OPINION: Last week's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction result doesn’t make good reading.
OPINION: The plant-based milk industry is booming, and new milks are appearing all over the place.
OPINION: In the aftermath of a mass shooting earlier this year on the campus of Michigan State University in the US, the university's herd of cows has provided comfort to students.
OPINION: It's interesting to note that Dutch co-operative Arla Foods is paying its farmers billions for reducing their scope three emissions (that's greenhouse gas emissions generated behind the farmgate).
OPINION: Dairy farmers are doing it tough and the latest Global Dairy Trade auction results point to tougher times ahead.
Danish co-op Arla is now paying a monthly incentive to its farmer shareholders for sustainability efforts.
Three candidates are vying for a South Island seat on the board of fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown.
The 'longevity of uncertainty' is what's driving the lowest level of farmer confidence in more than a decade, says farming leader Ben Allomes.
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Farmers are being told to expect tight times ahead as the projected milk price was revised to a new mid-point range of $7 following the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction earlier this month.
The country's second largest milk processor is optimistic that global demand for dairy products will improve end of this year.
Rural services trader PGG Wrightson is bracing for a challenging year ahead as commodity prices continue to slide.
The makers of a feed additive that reduces methane emissions in livestock says the green light from the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is an important step to register it in New Zealand.
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