Substitute for cow's milk?
OPINION: Scientists claim to have found a new way to make a substitute for cow's milk that could have a radical effect on the dairy industry.
OPINION: The dairy industry has been under the spotlight for its bobby calves trade.
Farmers, criticised for sending bobbies off to processing plants, have been urged to look at beef calves as the industry edges towards a 'no bobbies policy'.
However, beef calves have been selling at local saleyards for as little as $10 each, making farmers question whether anyone who thinks they can replace bobby calves with more beef calves has thought this through.
There's also a push by Fonterra and others for bobbies to enter a value stream but farmers are finding it difficult to find a processor which is fully staffed and operating at peak.
The industry needs to stop, take a deep breath and rethink the whole campaign around the future of bobbies.
Bankers have been making record profits in the last few years, but those aren’t the only records they’ve been breaking, says Federated Farmers vice president Richard McIntyre.
The 2023-24 season has been a roller coaster ride for Waikato dairy farmers, according to Federated Farmers dairy section chair, Mathew Zonderop.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) director general Ray Smith says job cuts announced this morning will not impact the way the Ministry is organised or merge business units.
Scales Corporation is acquiring a number of orchard assets from Bostock Group.
Family and solidarity shone through at the 75 years of Ferdon sale in Otorohanga last month.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has informed staff it will cut 391 jobs following a consultation period.