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A new record milk price for this season has been forecast as dairy products fetch higher on the back of strong demand and softening supply.
Wayne McNee says LIC is well-placed to play a leading role in helping farmers meet sustainability goals.
Departing LIC chief executive Wayne McNee says the farmer co-operative is in a great shape.
News that NZ and the UK have agreed 'in principle' to the terms of the free trade agreement (FTA) will come as welcome news to the dairy sector.
The dairy industry's total economic contribution to New Zealand's economy topped $40 billion last season.
Fonterra's second peak milk in the Covid era has arrived and all parts of the business remain in a high level of preparedness.
The Commerce Commission has released its draft report following a review of Fonterra’s base milk price manual for the 2021-22 season.
Off-road specialists Polaris has launched a new speedcontrol and geofencing kit, aimed at keeping operators and workplaces safer by allowing users to set maximum speed limits and limit speeds in geofenced areas.
Now available in New Zealand, Wildcat Static Cling Tint adds a protective layer to the windows of your tractor, harvester or other self-propelled units, to help keep out harmful UV rays and heat, without expensive professional tinting.
German company Stoll, the well-known manufacturer of tractor front loaders and attachments that claims to be the second largest producer in the world, has been brought by Czech company Agrostroj Pelhřimov.
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Kuhn has updated its MDS range of fertiliser spreaders, giving farmers more options to upgrade machines as situations change, rather than having to change to a new machine.
Mastitis is the result of complex interaction between bacteria, the farmer, the milking machine and the cow.
A flexible milking regime adopted this season on the Lincoln University Demonstration Dairy Farm (LUDF) is going "surprisingly well', says the farm administrator Jeremy Savage.
Clinical cases of mastitis are costly and significantly disrupt the milking routine.
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