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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…
Westland Milk has secured a $10 million loan from the Government to help build a new plant.
Is New Zealand’s favourite ice cream brand about to change hands?
The world's biggest producer of milk, India, has a problem: at least 68% of dairy products sold there don’t meet the food standards.
Has Fonterra's new director Peter McBride just strengthened his case to become the co-op’s next chairman?
Attendees at the inaugural Pasture Summit in Hamilton this week should ask one pointed question to the organisers: which joker thought it a good idea to charge journalists a registration fee?
Fonterra has released its second annual Sustainability Report covering how the co-op is progressing towards its environmental, social and economic goals.
Sharemilkers Laura and Zach Mounsey are doing their bit to rebuild New Zealand’s Jersey herd.
A range of environmental moves by farmers across the country are starting to deliver results.
Right now antibiotics are treating serious diseases worldwide, but resistance threatens the future of this essential form of defence.
‘A good story’ was a key motivator for fourth-generation Helensville farmers Scott and Sue Narbey to open their farm to the public.
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This year was pivotal in the “transformative dynamic” of a2 Milk Company and it had “really only just scratched the surface” of its potential as a business, chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka says.
The potential for organics in New Zealand is being viewed as huge because of dairy farmer competence and excellent growing and market conditions.
Anchor Light Proof milk bottles will soon appear on farms but you won’t find them in a fridge.
Ravensdown is hoping its Eco-N product for reducing nitrogen leaching from pastures could soon be back on the shelves.
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