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: Another report, and yet another feeble attempt by Greenpeace to blame the dairy sector for all water quality issues in New Zealand.
This time it's a Ministry for Environment report released last week which Greenpeace paints as a 'wake-up call' for the Government.
This activist group seemingly blames dairying for every aspect of environmental degradation.
It puts the sole blame on the dairy industry, calling out Fonterra of course, for the state of all rivers, waterways and drinking water.
Yet it doesn't say a word about urban sewage pollution that we know goes into waterways and makes many of New Zealand rivers and beaches unfit to swim, Auckland and Wellington being two obvious examples.
Farmers are doing their best to reduce nutrient leaching.
The same can't be said about many councils.
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.