ABOUT 50 OAD farmers, and others thinking about converting, turned up for a field day at Longview. Especially interesting is that the established dairy farm on the property is twice-a-day (TAD) while the newer conversion is running OAD. 

Shareholders of post harvest kiwifruit operators EastPack and Satara are being asked to approve a merger of the companies following the signing of a merger implementation agreement today (February 4).

Outgoing Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden said he knew when Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings joined Fonterra just over a year ago he would hit the ground running.

Fonterra's dairy farmer supplier-shareholders are welcoming an early Christmas gift, with the cooperative lifting its 2012/13 forecast payout by 25 cents per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS).

Fonterra's dairy farmer supplier-shareholders are welcoming an early Christmas gift, with the cooperative lifting its 2012/13 forecast payout by 25 cents per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS).

New Zealand Young Farmers is celebrating a milestone reaching over 2000 members.

WHAT BIGGER herds have taken away, technology may give back,  says Landcorp chief executive Chris Kelly.

New Zealand's leading rural lender, ANZ New Zealand, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with dairy industry organisation DairyNZ to work together to boost the financial performance of dairy farms.

ATTENTION TO herd health and body condition score has paid dividends for Winton sharemilkers Nigel and Paula Duncan, helping them build cow numbers rapidly and push their production boundaries within a low cost system.

Bomac and Bayer New Zealand have merged operations to form one of New Zealand's largest animal health companies.