Otago dairy farmer and breeding stalwart Denis Aitken has been appointed Holstein Friesian New Zealand's new patron.
With farmers now expected to produce Fresh Water Farm plans in addition to Farm Environment Plans, Culverden farmer David Croft decided to get his spreading equipment tested and calibrated by a Spreadmark accredited tester.
Farmlands has made an offer to purchase SealesWinslow – an animal nutrition business currently owned by Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Ballance).
Animal nutrition company SealesWinslow could soon be part of rural service provider, Farmlands.
It is estimated more than half a million wooden vineyard posts get broken every year in Marlborough.
Sitting Fonterra board members Brent Goldsack and Cathy Quinn are unopposed at this year’s director elections.
A full rebalance of China’s dairy market is not expected in the near future, so dairy farmers in New Zealand and around the world will need to manage through more financial pain in the months ahead.
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Attention remains laser-focussed on both supply and demand from China.
You might say Trevor James has been stuck in the weeds for almost half a century.
Animal and Plant Plant Health New Zealand has appointed Dr Liz Shackleton as its new chief executive.
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