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Chinese-owned Westland Dairy Company is getting $1.7 million from the Government to accelerate plans to reduce carbon emissions produced by its Hokitika factory.
Waikato Regional Council says effluent failures occurring across three farms are disappointing.
Dairy farmers can now access a model to calculate their farm greenhouse gas emissions.
The 33 finalists representing 11 regions in the 2021 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have been found.
New Zealand's organic export market has been ‘dominated’ by dairy, according to the latest market sector report released by Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ).
After more than a decade of at times acrimonious wrangling, it seems that peace is breaking out on how to manage the environment in the Manawatu, Whanganui and Rangitikei districts.
Don't forget rural communities in the proposed national health system, Rural Women New Zealand is telling the government.
Migrant workers add value to the dairy industry and Philippines-born Waikato farm manager Christopher Vila is a prime example.
Strong dairy prices point to a record opening forecast farmgate milk price for the next season.
Hayden Dorman and Jessie Chan came onto the Rakaia farm as lower order sharemilkers in 2009. Within two years they had purchased the herd and now lease the farm.
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With pregnancy scans mostly completed, farmers are being handed their reproduction 'report cards' for last season's mating.
South Island dairy farmers' attitudes towards breeding are rapidly changing, with cow performance data driving sire selection in an effort to maximise the value of herd progeny.
Good bull management means running adequte numbers of bulls with the herd, reducing their stress, and handling bulls to minimise the risk of injury to people and animals.
Kiwi eco-tech pioneer UBCO is hoping for increased sales of its utility electric bikes across New Zealand farms, thanks to funding from the government backed Carbn Group.
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