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OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Scottie Chapman says New Zealanders should stop extolling the virtues of the No 8 wire concept.
A very wet warm October/November has put a damper on milk production in many parts of the North Island, according to DairyNZ.
Artificial breeding (AB) technician Dirk van den Ven estimates he has inseminated half a million cows in this 40-year career.
Recovery in global dairy demand is on increasingly solid ground, says Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny.
Mastitis expert Steve Cranefield is urging farmers to take more pride in lowering their herd’s somatic cell count.
Farmers are willing to work with the Government on climate change solutions but warn there are no silver bullets.
Fonterra is reporting a first quarter gross profit of $270 million, up $72m on the same period last year.
Strong demand from China for whole milk powder has triggered another rise in Fonterra’s farmgate milk price.
Whole milk powder prices have recorded their biggest jump in five months in the overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
A team led by DairyNZ received a Primary Industries Award at the Kudos Awards last week.
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Fonterra says the launch of its carbonzero-certified speciality milks signals that it is serious about acting on sustainability.
First seen as an option in its linkage mounted rotary swathers, Pottinger has now released the Flowtast glide bar as an option for its TOP 842 C centre-delivery rake.
Dutch robotic specialist Lely launched a new farm management application called Horizon at its recent Future Farm Days 2020.
Prior to the 1600’s the liver was considered to be the most important organ in the body, much more so than the heart and the brain.
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