Sugar hit
OPINION: Winston Peters has described the decision to sell its brand to Lactalis and disperse the profit to its farmer…
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A Canterbury farmer has been disqualified from owning calves and fined $26,000 following the death of a large number of calves he was raising.
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General News
Travellers ditching their old footwear when returning to NZ from a Bali holiday could have farmers helping buy them a new pair.
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General News
During recent years West Coast farmer Andrew Robb has milked up to 925 cows on his 365ha (effective) dairy platform, but he’s driven numbers down since, and today is down to about 700 cows.
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Farm Health
The dairy sector has launched a new workforce plan setting out how it will attract, retain and grow the farm workforce in the next decade.
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Management
Mid-Canterbury farm manager Darryl Oldham has taken out the 2022 Rabobank Management Project Award, a business management prize for up-and-coming farmers.
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Management
OPINION: The heat is on in India. In some parts of India, the temperature gauge has hit 50 degree Celsius - bad news for the world's largest milk producer.
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Milking It
Fonterra has finalised the sale of majority shares in the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
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Agribusiness
Planning for the 2023 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) is underway with national sponsors continuing to back the programme.
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Agribusiness
The McCullough Farm Partnership, adjacent to the shore of Lake Karapiro south of Cambridge, milks 610 crossbred Friesian cows, producing around 300,000 kgMS annually.
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General News
The Government is spending $150,000 to help upgrade rural internet.
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