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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
While we're on the topic of a higher minimum wage, Horticulture NZ chief Mike Chapman is a clear thinker on this, cutting through the bulldust coming out of Wellington.
Fonterra has taken a stake in Motif Ingredients, a US-based food ingredients company developing plant-based or cell-grown animal products, including milk.
Employers aren't paying enough attention to retaining the employees they have for the next season.
Pāmu Farms’ dairy production has gone well in the first six months of the 2018-19 season, says the general manager dairy, Mark Julian.
An Irish dairy researcher says despite admiring New Zealand’s dairy industry he has concerns about it.
An influential European Union diplomat is optimistic that a quality free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand is possible before the end of 2019.
Hamilton-based NZAgbiz saves dairy products no good for human consumption from going to landfill.
New Zealand's second Māori-owned dairy plant project is on track to start producing in July.
The country's second-largest dairy processor, Open Country Dairy will showcase its newest factory to farmer suppliers on March 7.
Farmers across the top of the South Island are pinning their hopes on forecast rain to ease a drought some say is shaping up as the worst since 2001.
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The season is over for the only dairy farmer directly affected by the huge wildfire that blazed for several days in the hills southwest of Nelson.
Fonterra farmers say the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (DIRA) has achieved its purpose — now it's time for a new act.
Dairy farmers could end up paying more for the Mycoplasma bovis eradication effort if they do not endorse the proposed Biosecurity levy.
Any changes to the tax system should better support the productive dairy sector and not hinder environmental work, says DairyNZ.
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