Displaying items by tag: DairyNZ
Debt-laden producers exposed to thin trade
The latest drop in the Global Dairy Trade price index will impact many farmers carrying a lot of debt, says DairyNZ chairman John Luxton.
Luxton to step down as DairyNZ chair
‘Never let a good recession go to waste’
Using bought-in supplement to ‘produce milk for milk’s sake’ could be robbing the New Zealand dairy industry of its resilience says DairyNZ primary scientist John Roche.
Retain, reduce, defer, remove?
Leading a discussion after the Groves and Lincoln presentations, DairyNZ consulting officer Caleb Strowger asked what is being retained, reduced, deferred or removed from budgets this season.
‘Buy right, control costs’
Spend on the right things and control your costs: that’s DairyNZ’s message to farmers struggling to make ends meet as global dairy prices keep tumbling.
Clear commitment
This is just the start of our industry trying to understand and quantify how much farmers are investing in environmental actions.
From prosperity to austerity onfarm
We've gone from prosperity to austerity in the last 12 months. Though it’s been tough, dairy farmers can take pleasure in telling the public what they have been investing in the environment.
Faster, cheaper checks on mastitis
Figures from DairyNZ suggest the average New Zealand dairy farm spends around $54,000 annually on the battle against mastitis.
More fodder beet safer than less
DairyNZ advice to limit dairy cows to 8kgDM/head/day of fodder beet is “right in the danger zone” a leading researcher into the crop’s use is warning.
Crisis will take longer to clear – Mackle
DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle says the current downturn in the dairy industry is different from others in the past.