Buttery prize
OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
New Lincoln University research shows analysing a farmer’s personal characteristics is important when dealing with their anxiety.
A positive report reiterates that Mycoplasma bovis eradication is feasible.
300 plus rurals turned up at the fifth annual Spring Sheep Co open day at Matangi near Hamilton.
Canterbury processor Synlait is boosting its presence on New Zealand supermarket shelves.
OPINION: Good production is 50% feeding and 50% breeding.
Disregarding the social and economic effects of the proposed water reforms is a recipe for disaster, warns Federated Farmers Waikato president Andrew McGiven.
An Auckland company believes reducing enteric methane through productivity gains is the way to tackle green house gas emissions.
Storytelling will help attract, retain and inspire the next generation in dairy farming, says Jules Benton, Dairy Women’s Network chief executive.
Pride is returning to the dairy industry, says the new chair of Dairy Women’s Network, Karen Forlong, a Central Plateau farmer.
A national limit on dissolved nitrogen would “essentially eliminate” intensive agriculture in the Selwyn Waihora catchment, says Environment Canterbury chief scientist Dr Tim Davie.
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The quality of local milk is a key to Oamaru based Whitestone Cheese’s latest international success.
Agreement by 15 participants in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade negotiations marks an important milestone.
Re-elected Fonterra directors Andy Macfarlane and Donna Smit are looking forward to another three years on the board.
Fonterra chairman John Monaghan says the co-op is not broken but still needs to change.
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