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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Taking a she’ll-be-right attitude to leptospirosis is no longer good enough, says an international expert on leptospirosis, Associate Professor Jackie Benschop, of Massey University.
Most of New Zealand has just been through yet another long dry spell which has translated to poor feed supply and quality for both the girls in herd and R2’s arriving home.
UK activists have resumed their attack on the dairy industry.
The shelf life of fresh milk can be extended up to two months by a technology developed by an Australian company.
On emissions targets, dairy farmers are promoting the lower numbers put out last year by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton.
The farming sector has engaged in the national effort to draft a credible response to climate change so New Zealand is seen internationally to be doing its bit.
Soil damage during winter is a big issue for farmers. It coincides with high stock densities and high soil moisture conditions.
Peter Burke on the shambles in Britain’s House of Commons and New Zealand's FTA talks.
OPINION: Tensions are rising over the amount of productive farmland being taken up by forestry.
For Waikato sharemilker Philip Van Heuven, the farmer-grazier relationship is crucial to his business.
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Open Country Dairy is the first anchor tenant in the Ports of Auckland (PoAL) regional freight hub that formally opened on April 30 at Northgate Business Park at Horotiu just north of Hamilton.
The infant formula industry has acted “with great responsibility and integrity” by revising its marketing code of practice, says the Infant Nutrition Council (INC) chief executive Jan Carey.
New Zealand milk will be used for a new certified organic grass-fed infant formula offering by Bubs Australia Ltd.
Negotiations this week in Wellington are expected to further advance a free trade agreement (FTA) between New Zealand and the European Union (EU).
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