DAIRY FARMER cooperative, LIC, has bought the assets and business of Waikato-based Dairy Automation Limited (DAL).

TAINUI GROUP Holdings, Ngai Tahu Capital and Pioneer Capital have bought dairy technology company Waikato Milking Systems.The company was sold by majority shareholder UPC Capital and managing director John Anderson with settlement on March 31.

RURAL BUSINESSES and residents of Levin have celebrated the roll out of high speed internet, with Farmside signing up its 1000th customer to fixed wireless rural broadband under the Government's Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI).

APPLICATIONS FOR this year's Rabobank's prestigious Executive Development Program are officially open.

ONE OF the world's leading salmon egg producers is working with AgResearch to develop genomic selection in Atlantic salmon.

FONTERRA PLANS a $32 million expansion of its slice-on-slice cheese capacity at its Collingwood St site in Eltham, Taranaki.

THE SECOND national conference on biological farming systems has been gaining popularity with farmers, researchers and biological companies.

DAIRY IS perfectly poised to become the most trusted source of protein for diets for all age groups and all markets, says Fonterra director John Monaghan.

THE DAIRY Women’s Network is calling for nominations for its annual Dairy Community Leadership Award.

ONLY ONE tick affects livestock in New Zealand and this is the New Zealand cattle tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. This tick originates from eastern Asia and was introduced into New Zealand at least a century ago, most probably on imported cattle.