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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Digital systems will come into their own with COVID-19 restrictions, says James Watson of TracMap.
Keep yourself and your employees safe at milking during COVID-19 with the following tips.
One person having a joy ride in dairy country, Pukeatua in the Waikato during COVID-19 lockdown was in for a nasty surprise.
Farming may have been given permission to operate as essential services during the lockdown but authorities are still not taking chances.
Hats off to Fonterra!
US farmers are dumping milk into lagoons and manure pits.
OPINION: Make no mistake, COVID-19 will change things: some things for a month or two, some for a year or two, and some permanently.
OPINION: A feed shortage or poor cow condition come May 31/Gypsy Day doesn’t happen overnight and in a well-run business there should no end-of-season surprises like that.
February milk production was flat and New Zealand dairy exports decreased by 6.1%, or 19,348 MT compared to the same month last year.
A Southland dairy farming couple offering home delivery of both raw and pasteurised milk, as well as other produce, is expanding their business as demand climbs during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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The drop in global dairy prices point to continued weakness in global demand for imported dairy products, says RaboResearch’s Thomas Bailey.
Fonterra tankers will be leaving more than just milk dockets on farms from this Saturday (April 25).
Federated Farmers sharemilkers’ section chairman Richard McIntyre says not knowing whether the country or parts of it will still be in lockdown on Gypsy Day is adding to uncertainty in the industry.
Take the win but don’t bet the farm on it lasting.
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