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A new sun is rising for former Federated Farmers’ president and ACT member of Parliament, Owen Jennings, with a dairy farming venture in Malaysia worth almost $40 million, where plans are to have the first stock airfreighted from New Zealand early next year.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling for a slow down on new regulations being heaped on the farming sector.
The call for a single national animal evaluation breeding index that incorporates genetics is causing friction among the dairy sector's key players.
As a child brought up on a dairy farm, Tim Mackle was adamant that he wanted to be a farmer.
Reduced short-term demand from China is impacting farmgate milk price, says Fonterra.
Fonterra has made a bumper third quarter profit on the back of soaring cheese and protein prices.
If you thought that some of the slurry tankers becoming increasingly popular in New Zealand are large, it might be time to think again.
Austrian machinery manufacturer Pottinger has increased the production output of its rake and round baler facility at St. Georgen, with an additional 7,900m² building that includes a €33 million ($58.5m) investment in a new paint shop.
German ploughing and cultivations specialist Lemken has released a new cultivator said to have a low draught requirement, while at the same time, always pulling straight behind the tractor.
Waikato goat farmers Wiebe and Piety Smitstra say retrofitting their goat milking shed has been a good move.
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Cheeses made from sheep and goat milk featured in the 2023 Champion of Cheese awards.
The first New Zealand team to head to the 2023 European Young Breeders School (EYBS) has been announced.
A new screening tool, the StaphGold ELISA test, gives farmers a panoramic view of subclinical Staphylococcus aureus mastitis across dairy herds, claim its developer Koru Diagnostics.
New Zealand manufacturer of advanced refrigeration technologies, DTS, says it is taking the heat out of running cool.
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