Editorial: Connecting science and farming
OPINION: At last, a serious effort to better connect farmers and scientists.
Displaying items by tag: dairy
Friday, 13 January 2017 09:34
Milk collection down 5.5%
Fonterra says milk collection across New Zealand for the seven months to 31 December reached 881 million kgMS, 5.5% lower than the same period last season.
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Thursday, 12 January 2017 13:25
Fonterra, LIC team up
Fonterra and LIC are in the final stages of developing an online tool, Agrigate, designed specifically to help farmers improve their farm performance through the use of their existing data.
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Wednesday, 02 November 2016 16:40
Morale booster for dairy farmers at GDT auction
Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says this morning’s strong rise in global dairy prices is a morale booster for farmers.
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Tuesday, 01 November 2016 09:13
Nutrition experts urge teens to consume dairy
Give your teenage girls 2-3 serves of dairy a day to ensure they have strong healthy bones for life.
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Tuesday, 01 November 2016 06:55
Sheep, beef to aid dairy in cutting emissions?
Will sheep and beef farmers in future grow trees to sell offsets to dairy under the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)?
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Wednesday, 12 October 2016 14:11
Time to move co-op forward
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says the final vote on governance and representation reflects shareholder sentiment.
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Wednesday, 12 October 2016 12:20
‘Thorough and thoughtful process’
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says the governance and representation review was “a thorough and thoughtful process”.
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Wednesday, 07 September 2016 17:37
Meat, dairy boost manufacturing sales
A lift in meat and dairy manufacturing helped increase total manufacturing sales in the June 2016 quarter, Statistics New Zealand says.
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Thursday, 16 June 2016 08:14
Dairy dependency dwindles
Finance Minister Bill English says it turns out that the country is not as dependent on the dairy industry as we thought.
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Friday, 10 June 2016 10:01
Important day for Fonterra
Fonterra shareholders are gathering in Hamilton today for a special meeting to decide the future composition of the co-op's board.
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