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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
I started my career in agriculture in Northland in 1982 as a consultant for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Over the past two years, Fernside farmer Julie Bradshaw has refined her dairy herd size using genomics while maintaining the same level of milk production.
OPINION: As a co-operative, Ravensdown has a responsibility to monitor market and industry trends for farmers and growers.
OPINION: Sobering is perhaps the best word to describe the latest Situation and Outlook report on Primary Industries (SOPI) produced by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
OPINION: Boutique milk company Lewis Road Creamery’s latest offering to mark Matariki is unfairly facing heat from certain quarters of Māoridom, who are opposed to any commercialisation of all things Māori.
OPINION: A Waikato dairy farm is getting behind a new initiative to help cafes and the dairy sector cut down on the use of single-use milk bottles by the thousands each year.
OPINION: Another dairy company in strife is Happy Valley Nutrition.
OPINION: Troubled Canterbury milk processor Synlait continues to undergo changes.
New DairyNZ chief financial officer Robyn Marsh started last week, an appointment DairyNZ says will provide strong financial direction, vision, and profitable management.
Farmers' satisfaction with their bank relationship continues to slip and more perceive they are under undue pressure, the latest Federated Farmers Banking Survey shows.
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Damien O'Connor says the Government is backing two new pasture projects with $4.3 million co-invested with industry through its Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund looking at soil and grass to help farmers reduce costs, maintain good pastures, and remain a world-leading sustainable producer of high value food.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand has important sustainability credentials to uphold and says these hold the country in good stead when it talks trade with overseas countries.
Westpac has launched a new sustainable business loan to support corporate and agribusiness customers to make progress on their sustainability initiatives, whether they are working to improve the environment or achieve positive social outcomes, or both.
Westpac head of agribusiness Tim Henshaw says their new sustainable farm loan will help farmers on their journey to become more resilient food producers.
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