A NOVEL on-farm milk progesterone test with many applications around mating and pregnancy diagnosis has had a rapid uptake in its first year since launch in the UK.

THE MERGER of two prominent farm machinery brands, Fairbrother and Hooper, is starting to bear fruit.

A 4-METRE disc airseeder launched at Fieldays by Reese Agri is “a hit” with contractors, the company says. The machine is a disc variant of the Aitchison Airpro airseeder.

MORE FREQUENT droughts will put farming communities including dairy under more pressure over water, says the Waikato Regional Council’s investigations manager Patrick Lynch.

GETTING DAMAGED irrigators back up and running is the big concern on many dairy farms in the wake of the September 10-11 windstorm.

THE WORST wind storm for decades left Canterbury dairy farmers last week picking up damaged irrigators, fences and shelter belts.

TWO OF Australia’s listed dairy manufacturers could soon merge to form one of the largest publicly listed food companies in the country.

AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are welcoming the appointment of Barnaby Joyce as the new Federal Agriculture Minister.

A US$100 million milk packaging plant opened in Vietnam can pack 400 million L of milk annually.

CRIES FOR help from Canterbury dairy farmers hit by storm and resultant power blackouts is puzzling.