THE COMMERCIAL launch of Waikato Milking System’s electronic milk meter couldn’t have come at a better time according to chief executive Dean Bell.

A FARMER focus will be at the centre of LIC’s ambitious strategy to at least quadruple business to $1 billion by 2025, says chief executive Wayne McNee.

FONTERRA IS inviting people near four key catchment sites to hear about a new plan to improve water quality.

IRELAND’S NATIONAL research body Teagasc says dairy farmers need to examine labour use and efficiency.

PRICE NEGOTIATIONS between supermarkets and farmers tops the Australian Federal Government’s green paper on competitiveness in the agriculture sector.

Federated Farmers chief executive Graham Smith last week spoke at the Future Farms Conference in Wellington. Here are excerpts from his speech.

WHETHER MOTIVATED by profitability or a drive for continuous improvement, growing staff productivity is an ongoing challenge facing all businesses. 

A Police investigation that spanned several months has led to the recovery of a tractor worth over $120,000.

The New Zealand dairy industry is urging Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) partners not to compromise on the quality of the deal to get it done quickly. 

IT’S WEANING time for the first of the calves from the trial at Massey University looking at possible benefits of differing milk diets and machine feeding compared with hand feeding on calf growth rate and subsequent performance of dairy cattle.