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Federated Farmers vice president Andrew Hoggard will be standing for president of the farmer lobby at this year’s annual meeting in June.
Fonterra is extending its MyMilk initiative to the North Island aiming to make it easier for more dairy farmers to get into their own farms, and to grow with the co-op.
Some Northland dairy farmers have been asked to stop irrigating because of the low river levels.
There have been some encouraging signs for dairy farmers recently, says Rabobank national manager for food and agribusiness banking, Hamish Midgley.
Federated Farmers vice president, Andrew Hoggard says some dairy farmers are trapped with debt.
National museum, Te Papa is under fire over its exhibition on water quality in New Zealand.
Te Papa has responded to farmer criticism of its exhibition on water quality.
Keeping an eye on the changing farming horizon is priority for the new chair of the Ruralco rural supply chain, Mid-Canterbury dairy farmer Jessie Chan-Dorman.
After 2019’s record highs, farmers should expect less spectacular NZ commodity prices this year, says ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny.
Case IH owners will now able to make more informed farm management decisions – based on both real-time and historic data generated by their machines.
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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.
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