Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
When you hear the word epidemiologist these days you might think of the experts who are figuring out how to tackle Covid-19.
Matamata farmer Cam Houghton is an enthusiastic once a day milking advocate and is always looking to add to his farming knowledge, partly through attending SMASH events.
Installing a composting barn has brought big changes to the way Mid-Canterbury dairy farmer Graeme Wall runs his operation.
Ian and Megan Lockwood, trading as IJ and MA Lockwood, operate a unique contracting business over a 20km radius from their Hunua, South Auckland base.
OPINION: Wet and wild winter weather can place increased pressure on the banks of waterways, increasing the risk of them being eroded. This can harm water quality and disrupt ecosystems that support biodiversity and water quality.
OPINION: Farmers should be relieved that the Government is consulting on the changes it has made on the freshwater farm plans.
OPINION: This is the season of masks. But this mask isn’t for Covid—it helps reduce methane emissions.
OPINION: Almond milk, although positioned as an eco-friendly alternative to cow's milk, rightly gets a lot of flak for being bad for the environment.
OPINION: Fonterra's plan to trademark Maori words used for its Kapiti cheese range is cheesing off some in Maoridom.
OPINION: It seems Fonterra's revised preferred option for its new capital structure has fallen short of farmer expectations.
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Made in New Zealand is a feature that looks at the wealth of design and manufacturing ability we have in New Zealand, producing productive and cost-effective products for the agricultural sector. This week we take a closer look at Waikato Milking Systems, catching up with Jane Burton, head of global marketing.
Canterbury farmers Bruce and Susan Turpie love doing things differently on their 500ha farm.
Farmers supplying milk to Taupo-based dairy company Miraka continue to excel when it comes to on-farm practices.
Fonterra's Stirling plant in Otago is to become coal-free by August next year.
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OPINION: An animal activist organisation is calling for an investigation into the use of dairy cows in sexuallly explicit content…
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