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Grass-fed cream on the way to Chinese bakers

A cross-cultural research and development project has harnessed the grass-fed goodness of milk from New Zealand's West Coast in a product suitable for discerning Chinese bakers.

DeLaval back as key sponsor

The DeLaval team with the 2021 New Zealand Dairy Industry Award winners, at the gala dinner held in Hamilton in May this year.

Entries for the 2022 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) open October 1. Organisers say planning is well underway with national sponsors continuing to back the programme. DeLaval has renewed its sponsorship for the next three years.

Study grant for future leaders

Andy Mouritz receives scholarship from Whangarei A&P President Evan Smeath.

Applications have opened for the Kellogg Rural Leadership Scholarship.

Finishing properties in hot demand

Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) says it was mostly farmers snapping up finishing properties around the country.

Data released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows an increase in farm sales for the three months ended July 2021 on the same period in 2020.

Milk factory 'in a box'

Trading as Happy Cow Milk, Glen Herud is known for his efforts to establish what he calls “a more caring, kinder and fairer” dairy system.

A pioneer in small, local, low environmental-footprint milk supply hopes to have his "milk factory in a box" up and running and selling milk to the public by early November.

a2 Milk profit nosedives

The a2 Milk Company says its long-term outlook looks positive despite a big drop in profits in the last financial year.

'Keep in contact with each other'

Rural Support Trust chair Neil Bateup says farmers must look after themselves and each other during these trying times.

Keep connecting. That's the message to farmers from the chair of the Rural Support Trust, Neil Bateup.

A2 goat milk launched

Before Cow goat's Milk is available in 1L bottles.

After working on the concept for six years, one of the country’s largest goat farms has launched its own brand of fresh milk.

Boost for science fairs

Ballance Agri-Nutrients has announced a nationwide programme of sponsorships for science fairs.

DairyNZ eyeing a boost in rural vaccinations

DairyNZ's head of farm performance, Sharon Morrell, says she'd like to see if they can facilitate more dairy farmers to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

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Overseer 'not fit for purpose'

Overseer says its science models are driven by decades of dedicated research into New Zealand farming and conditions but is it fit for purpose?

Overseer, the tool used by dairy farmers and others to measure nitrate loss and by regioal councils to enforce this, is not fit for purpose and should be scrapped altogether.