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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Ross and Kristy Conder are not milking your typical Southland herd. The successful farming couple 50:50 sharemilk 840 predominantly Jersey cows at Otapiri, near Winton.
A breeding programme, delivering cows that milk better and are better for the environment, is progressing well.
A survey of farmers in Aparima, Southland, shows farms achieve better environmental results when they have Farm Environment Plans.
Former Fonterra Shareholders Council chair and Waipu farmer Simon Couper explores the international strategies of New Zealand dairy firms.
OPINION: After years of fighting over farming, freshwater and sustainability Federated Farmers and Fish & Game are trying to kiss and make up.
OPINION: Fears of a summer without a daily swim have been doused in Tangiteroria, near Whangarei, after Fonterra Kauri filled the community pool as a donation.
OPINION: Some leaders in the New Zealand dairy industry will be keeping an anxious watch on the growing spat between China and Australia.
OPINION: Last week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared a “climate emergency” in Parliament.
OPINION: Last week Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern committed the Government and public sector to going carbon-neutral by 2025, as she declared a ‘climate emergency’.
Agribusiness expert Professor Nicola Shadbolt says that New Zealand cooperatives have a bright future ahead of them.
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Fonterra is throwing its weight behind a donation appeal that aims to feed 15,000 New Zealanders this Christmas.
Young Maori who work on dairy farms or who are involved in the dairy industry are being encouraged to enter the 2021 award for the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer of the year.
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.
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