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Be proactive about managing facial eczema

Facial eczema could be costing dairy farmers more than $100,000 a year in lost milk production, says a recent study.

Now is the time to be proactive about managing facial eczema.

Published in Management

Tip Top’s owner pays $6b for US ice cream business

The new owner of Tip Top Ice Cream, Froneri is paying over $6 billion for Nestle’s US ice cream business.

Published in World News

FE researchers aim to raise awareness

Facial eczema in dairy cattle can cause significant production losses without visible symptoms, says a new group formed to raise awareness of the disease.

Published in Farm Health

Dual-purpose Keenan Orbital spreads muck up to 20m

With travelling irrigators being the preferred choice for dealing with dairy farm effluent in New Zealand, the sight of effluent tankers or manure spreaders is a relatively rare one.

Published in Machinery & Products

Holden on the road for summer

In a move to demonstrate the capability of its vehicles, Holden recently put the talk to one side and ‘walked the walk’.

Published in Motoring

Wine is in Charlotte Read’s blood

The new GM of Marketing for New Zealand Winegrowers can’t help but laugh at how she used to consider anything to do with grapes, “such a drag.”

Published in Profiles

World’s worst weed on the prowl

With warmer weather bringing on forage maize crops in leaps and bounds, Waikato Regional Council is reminding farmers and growers to keep watch for velvetleaf.

Published in Management