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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
OPINION: Fonterra's impending departure from Hamilton's central business district is causing anxiety among business houses.
OPINION: A recent visit to New Zealand by a delegation of senior Indian dairy industry officials has left a bad taste in the mouth of one dairy industry worker.
OPINION: The late Quee Elizabeth II was the proud owner of 200 or so well-bred Jersey cows, some from Don Ferguson's Ferdon stud in Otorohanga.
OPINION: You can't blame young Kiwis for jumping the ditch for a better life, and they should get the same rights as Aussiesx when there.
Chinese-owned milk processor Westland Milk Products is building a new $70 million lactoferrin plant at its Hokitika site.
Fonterra has established its fifth application centre in China, but unlike the other four, the newest one is focused on beverage applications.
Rakaia calf-rearer Lisa-Jane Claire Miller (54) was sentenced in the Ashburton District Court on five charges under the Animal Welfare Act following a successful prosecution by the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Dairy Women's Network (DWN) chief executive Jules Benton says it’s always exciting to see the women nominated for the Regional Leader of the Year award.
Long-serving DairyNZ farmer director, Colin Glass, has announced that he will not seek re-election at the upcoming DairyNZ board of director elections in October this year.
Fonterra says it will convert coal boilers at its Hautapu site to wood pellets as part of its decarbonisation work.
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As the last shipment of live animals by sea left New Plymouth on April 20,2023, Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor was hailing the move as one that puts NZ in step with like-minded partners on the importance of animal welfare.
Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa (VAWA) is unhappy about National's proposal to reinstate live animal exports if it became the government.
The battle lines are being drawn on the National Party's recently announced agricultural policy.
Local cheesemakers are facing competition from subsidised frozen EU imports flooding the NZ market, tariff-free, says Whitestone Cheese managing director Stephen Berry.
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