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Hocken wins Rabobank Emerging Leader award

Mat Hocken with wife Lana after receiving his award in Auckland last night.

Manawatu dairy farmer Mat Hocken is the winner of the Rabobank Emerging Leader Award for 2019.

Published in General News

Fonterra releases sustainability report

Chief executive Miles Hurrell says there is still a lot of work ahead.

Big changes have been announced in Fonterra’s 2019 Sustainability Report.

Published in General News

Husband jailed, wife fined for mistreating cows

Malcolm Wood received a two-year jail term and his wife was fined $30,000.

A Palmerston North man has been jailed and his wife fined $30,000 after pleading guilty to a total of 20 charges relating to the abuse of cows and calves in their care.

Published in General News

Warren Moran

Professor Warren Moran, a prominent geographer and thought-leader for the wine industry passed away on 13 August 2019.

Published in Profiles

Shed upgrade cuts milking time

Matamata goat farmers Wiebe and Piety Smitstra have retrofitted their goat milking shed with a GEA WestfaliaSurge low line double-up herringbone system.

Published in Management

Keeping ketosis away from goats

Ketosis in any of its forms can lead to sudden and catastrophic loss levels at kidding time.

Published in Farm Health

Summer feed options

This year there are potential issues with both grass silage and PKE.

Feed shortages happen every summer. Ian Williams, Pioneer forage specialist explains some options to fill the feed gap.

Published in Management

Boomer year for OAD farmers

A leading once a day (OAD) farmer says her farm is set to have a record year thanks to a combination of favourable circumstances – especially the weather.

Published in Management

Guiding rural people to better ‘mind health’

Isolation combined with the pressure of running a business from home means some farmers are putting their own wellbeing and mental health on the backburner.

Published in Agribusiness