Displaying items by tag: DairyNZ

Tuesday, 11 August 2015 05:09

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.

Published in General News
Monday, 03 August 2015 16:08

Luxton to step down as DairyNZ chair

DairyNZ's long-serving chairman John Luxton will step down later this year.

Published in General News

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.

Published in Management
Saturday, 25 July 2015 08:30

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.

Published in Management
Thursday, 23 July 2015 10:30

‘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.

Published in General News
Thursday, 23 July 2015 06:05

Clear commitment

This is just the start of our industry trying to understand and quantify how much farmers are investing in environmental actions. 

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 22 July 2015 06:00

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.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:21

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.

Published in Machinery & Products
Friday, 10 July 2015 06:00

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.

Published in General News
Friday, 10 July 2015 06:00

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. 

Published in General News
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