THE GREAT Dairy War for the hearts -- and milk supply – of western Victoria’s farmers has been waged and won, with the Canadian giant Saputo claiming the prize of local processor Warrnambool Cheese and Butter. 

CANADIAN DAIRY processor Saputo has finally won control of Australia’s oldest dairy processor, Warrnambool Cheese and Butter.

HAVE YOU briefed your staff about the risks of leptospirosis?

MPI IS introducing new rules which will reduce animal welfare risks in the nation's livestock – particularly in the dairy sector.

PRIMARY WOOL Cooperative's profit of $1.9m for the 2013 financial year is the largest in the cooperative's 39-history, says chairman, Bay de Lautour.

COWS WERE spooked, milking disrupted, goods fell from shelves in shops and many rural homes were damaged when the 6.2 earthquake struck the lower half of the North Island last week.

IF FONTERRA wants to fulfil its potential and at the same time become more environmentally sustainable it needs to start acting more like a food company. It also needs to work on its image.

ASB BANK has been around for 160 years and its rural banking division established in 1993 has in the last few years gone from strength to strength, says the senior rural manager for Bay of Plenty, Trevor Hurley.

ARE YOU checking the milk urea analysis of your production? Did you even know it was available?

AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers are being urged to provide as much mating data as they can for inclusion in the April 2014 Australian Breeding Values (ABVs), to help improve fertility in the dairy industry.