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OPINION: Reckless action by Greenpeace in 2024 forced Fonterra to shut down a drying plant for four hours, costing the co-op…
In May, Case IH released details of upgrades to the RB344, variable chamber baler and has now indicated multiple redesigns to the high-end RB456 and 466 HD-Pro models.
During recent years West Coast farmer Andrew Robb has milked up to 925 cows on his 365ha (effective) dairy platform, but he’s driven numbers down since, and today is down to about 700 cows.
A 12-year-old bull with over 150,000 daughters has been inducted into an elite animal ‘Hall of Fame’ for his outstanding contribution to dairy herd improvement in New Zealand.
The dairy sector has launched a new workforce plan setting out how it will attract, retain and grow the farm workforce in the next decade.
A wetter than usual irrigation season has hindered data collection efforts for Canterbury dairy grazers Gary and Penny Robinson.
Mid-Canterbury farm manager Darryl Oldham has taken out the 2022 Rabobank Management Project Award, a business management prize for up-and-coming farmers.
OPINION: New Zealand is a trading station. We are respected by the world and the best at what we do.
OPINION: Understandably the dairy sector is very unhappy about the recent free trade agreement that New Zealand has signed with the European Union.
OPINION: The heat is on in India. In some parts of India, the temperature gauge has hit 50 degree Celsius - bad news for the world's largest milk producer.
OPINION: The war in Ukraine is causing massive losses for the country's farmers and these include dairy farmers.
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OPINION: Clearly not everyone is happy with the free trade deal signed recently with the European Union.
OPINION: For the past few years the ag sector and dairy farmers have cried out for more overseas workers but for most past their pleas fell on deaf years.
Fonterra has finalised the sale of majority shares in the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
Planning for the 2023 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) is underway with national sponsors continuing to back the programme.
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