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OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
More than 650 people attended the Owl Farm open day at St Peter's School in Cambridge earlier this month.
A councillor, an assistant manager, someone who trademarked the word ‘farmily’, and an industry stalwart are among the finalists for this year’s Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year title.
While the grass is green on the country's dairy farms, the owners and workers are facing a myriad of challenges.
It looks good physically on farm but below the surface things are far from ideal.
Despite a challenging 2021-22 season, the annual New Zealand Dairy Statistics report shows an innovative dairy sector responding well during a changeable time.
After dropping to an historic low in late 2022, New Zealand farmer sentiment has now crept higher, the first quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey of the year has found.
Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre, who sharemilks in the Horowhenua, says the past year has not been easy.
A glimmer of hope for the country's dairy farmers under siege from a myriad negative challenges including rising input costs, interest rates, state-sponsored regulations and falling commodity prices.
One of the highest numbers of empty cows in recent years could cost the dairy industry more than $20 million next season.
Austrian grassland specialist Pottinger has launched Harvest Assist, a new, innovative app that helps to simplify and optimise logistics while harvesting forage.
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Carlow-based Irish manufacturer ProDig Attachments has launched a new offering of folding silage forks ahead of the 2023/24 harvesting season.
Further to the dealership agreement between CNH Industrial and Norwood ending on 12 January 2023, Norwood has announced that it will close four of its locations, reduce the size of one dealership and lose 36 staff in a realignment of its retail network and business strategy.
Up until the new millennium, Claas had a been a harvest specialist, best known for its combines, self-propelled forage harvesters and an extensive range of mowers, tedders, rakes and both round and square balers.
A fertility trait change by New Zealand Animal Evaluation Ltd (NZAEL) will provide more accurate information to dairy farmers and artificial breeding companies ahead of the next mating season.
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