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After a sharp decline last month, dairy prices rose 2.8% overall in the first auction of 2020.
Fonterra says its factories and farmers remain largely unaffected by devastating fires affecting Victoria and New South Wales.
DairyNZ will hold a series of farmer meetings over the next two months to help participants better understand what is driving changes in the sector and how to respond.
The New Zealand order of merit awarded to Tirau farmer Tony Wilding in the New Years Honours List has been hailed by sharemilkers.
Fonterra has appointed Teh-Han Chow as its interim chief executive officer for Greater China.
Fonterra has paid $30 million to boost its stake in struggling Chilean milk processor Prolesur.
Rabobank has lifted its forecast milk price for this season by 45c to $7.60/kgMS.
Global dairy prices have recorded one of their biggest drops on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) platform.
Heat stress has a big effect on reproduction, explains Greg Jarratt, vet and director of Matamata Veterinary Services.
Reporoa farmer Alistair Neville is using the Tow and Fert range for more environmentally-friendly farming practices.
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Farm manager Bryan Mitchell describes as brilliant the SCADAfarm systems that allow him to remotely monitor and manage the irrigation of his 300ha of leased grazing land near Kirwee.
Matamata goat farmers Wiebe and Piety Smitstra have retrofitted their goat milking shed with a GEA WestfaliaSurge low line double-up herringbone system.
OPINION: Collectively we must support farmers to become sustainable.
Dairy farmers are venting their frustration at national museum Te Papa for its “anti-farming narrative”.
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