Microchipping cows
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
FEDERATED FARMERS Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard has described the lowest auction in five years as "a blow to the industry" as hopes of a lift or at least continued plateau in prices were dashed.
FEDERATED FARMERS will launch its new and improved Herd Owning Sharemilking Agreement to dairy farmers tomorrow (October 1).
FONTERRA'S DECISION to pump $555 million into Edendale and Lichfield plant upgrades represents a huge vote of confidence in the dairy industry and the provinces.
FEDERATED FARMERS' Dairy Industry Group has elected Feilding farmer Andrew Hoggard as its new chairman.
Andrew Hoggard leads a busy life as Federated Farmers Manawatu/Rangitikei provincial president. He is also the national vice president of the Feds dairy section, manages a big dairy farm and has a young family. How does he do all this?
OPINION: Should cows in NZ be microchipped?
OPINION: Legislation being drafted to bring back the controversial trade of live animal exports by sea is getting stuck in the…