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Westland Milk drops forecast payout

Westland Milk Products is dropping its forecast payout for this season.

Published in General News

Breeding and feeding policy builds self-contained farm

Renee and Greg Rooney on their West Coast farm.

West Coast dairy farmer Renee Rooney is one of many young women who are playing a more active part in farmer politics...

Published in Management

New chief for Fieldays

Well-known agribusiness leader Peter Nation has been appointed the new National Fieldays Society chief executive.

Published in Agribusiness

Slowing Chinese economy likely to impact payout

The international head of agribusiness at KPMG Ian Proudfoot has a sombre message for dairy farmers.

Published in Agribusiness

Do your share to prevent mishaps on farm

Statistics show that farms over summer hold an extra degree of risk for children.

Regardless of whether the accident is work related or not, when a child dies in an accident on farm, it's often an avoidable tragedy.

Published in Opinion

More milk fuels co-op’s growth

Arla Foods is looking to boost growth in six market regions.

European dairy cooperative Arla Foods is receiving more milk from farmers than ever before.

Published in World News

Farmers spend $8m to lift lake health

West Coast farmers have spent at least $8 million on conservation efforts to improve the water quality of Lake Brunner.

Published in General News

Let’s work together

Like a lot of dairy farmers, I am pretty happy about farewelling 2015, and looking ahead to a New Year with better prospects and farmgate milk prices.

Published in General News

Cow thefts rile farmers

Mid-Canterbury farmers David and Jill Quigley have become victims of a sophisticated and brazen dairy cow theft.

'Farmers stealing from farmers' is how dairy farmer David Quigley describes thieves stealing 36 of his premier milking cows in night-time raids in December.

Published in General News