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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Matamata goat farmers Wiebe and Piety Smitstra have retrofitted their goat milking shed with a GEA WestfaliaSurge low line double-up herringbone system.
Dairy goat farmers should carefully plan the feed requirements during the lead up to transition and the early lactation period.
Ketosis in any of its forms can lead to sudden and catastrophic loss levels at kidding time.
Feed shortages happen every summer. Ian Williams, Pioneer forage specialist explains some options to fill the feed gap.
A leading once a day (OAD) farmer says her farm is set to have a record year thanks to a combination of favourable circumstances – especially the weather.
A sudden low payout in their first year sharemilking was a shock for Simon and Aimee Player, reports LIC.
Isolation combined with the pressure of running a business from home means some farmers are putting their own wellbeing and mental health on the backburner.
Nominations for the 2020 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year awards have opened.
LIC national FarmWise manager, Edward Hardie on the decisions dairy farmers need to make now for a good summer.
An experiment on a herd of cows in central Japan appears to have proven a radical, nature-inspired solution to a pest problem plaguing farmers.
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Another sign has appeared showing plant-based dairy products taking over conventional dairy space.
Interestingly, none of the politicians managed to escape the wrath of farmers at the protest march organised by the lobby 50 Shades of Green.
Rural News last week summed up the disconnect going on in rural communities: “It seems incredible that in times when commodity prices are strong, interest rates low and climate favourable there should be so much angst and concern in rural NZ”
OPINION: Fonterra's annual general meeting earlier this month was mostly a peaceful affair.
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