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Farmers must wait until the next season to see a lift in farm profit margins, says Westpac senior agricultural economist Nathan Penny.
Finalists have been named for the 2023 Cooperative Business NZ Annual Awards.
Recent data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows a 22.5% drop in the amount of farm sales for the three months ended July 2023 than for the same period in 2022.
The Olsen family have been involved in diversification for generations in the farming settlement of Opiki in the Horowhenua between Levin and Palmerston North. They have always had a dairy farm and grown potatoes.
A Fonterra shareholder says the co-operative's capital structure experiment has gone wrong.
Latest data out of China isn't making good reading for New Zealand dairy farmers.
Fonterra plans to shave $1 billion off its operating costs by 2030.
Fonterra expects demand for its dairy products in China to return next year.
Two positions on DairyNZ’s Board of Directors have attracted thirteen dairy farmer candidates this year.
Tyre specialist Yokohama TWS has launched a multi-brand smartphone app designed to help farmers to configure the right pressure for their tyres, according to axle loads, speed, size and tire brand.
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Hustler Equipment, manufacturer of livestock feeding machinery, has announced the introduction of a new, five-year warranty scheme for all their products manufactured in 2023 and later.
French machinery manufacturer Kuhn has expanded its range of mower-conditioners fitted with rollertype conditioners, with the addition of the new trailed FC 3155 TLR and FC 3555 TLR models.
Already well known for its Kompactor range of push off trailers, Ireland-based HiSpec Engineering has extended the technology to its latest dump trailer with the push-off headboard system for unloading.
Claas Harvest Centre, Wanaka representative Andy Craig claims that two years ago, they were told that it was impossible to grow maize in Central Otago.
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