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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Updates to animal evaluation being made this month are designed to give farmers more confidence in the data and better reflect their individual herd.
A solution to help farmers complete the animal wellbeing part of their on-farm assessments will be available from this month thanks to a new relationship between WelFarm and Fonterra.
A new sustainability-focused podcast to support the country’s farmers and growers has been launched by Rabobank New Zealand.
The chance to hear a leading US maize researcher at the Foundation for Arable Research’s premier maize event in early 2023 is described as a “once in a lifetime” opportunity.
OPINION: It's promising that the Government has adopted ACT’s long held policy of recognising on-farm sequestration for climate change. They should adopt the rest of our climate policy and take a practical approach to emissions that don’t hammer our agriculture sector.
OPINION: Local Government rates have always been a bone of contention for farmers.
A study by Swiss scholars and nutrition experts has found that plant-based drinks are not really alternatives to dairy milk.
Cows on farms could soon have their health, reproductive readiness and location monitored by smart technology powered by the kinetic energy of the animal’s movements.
Fertiliser co-op Ballance is taking delivery of the first shipment of phosphate rock from Queensland.
Fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown is trialling a new source of phosphate rock from Australia.
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OPINION: And just like that, Fieldays is done for the year! That’s what Fieldays announced in a media release at the end of the four-day event.
OPINION: At the recent National Fieldays, it was noted that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her band of ministers avoided any Labour Party branding.
Waikato Regional Council senior technical advisor Bala Tikkisetty says soil is the most important resource to any nation, more importantly for farmers.
Climate change could make maize silage a more realistic fodder proposition for South Island dairy farmers, according to researchers speaking at the recent Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) CROPS 2022 event.
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