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DairyNZ says emissions prices suggested by the Productivity Commission would heavily affect NZ farming if the sector faced a full emissions price under the Emissions Trading Scheme.
The chairman of the Productivity Commission, Murray Sherwin, says farmers should not be scared by his organisation’s latest report on how New Zealand can achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Southland beef farmer Ben Walling says he is suing Southern Centre Dairies owner Alfons Zeestraten over the spread of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
Pāmu’s (formerly Landcorp) deer milk is on the awards stage again the announcement that it is a finalist in two categories in this year’s New Zealand Food Awards.
The first batch of candidates for the 2018 Fonterra farmer director elections will be unveiled next week.
The whole milk powder price has fallen to an eight-month low in the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
A trial is underway to measure the growth rates of Angus/Jersey beef calves from birth to finished product.
Gain insight into which cows should be cycling once mating starts with pre-mating heat detection.
Fonterra has revised its 2018/19 forecast farmgate milk price from $7.00 per kgMS to $6.75 per kgMS.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, today released new research on the impact methane from New Zealand’s livestock has on global warming.
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National's agriculture spokesman, Nathan Guy, says while some of the NAIT changes were needed, their passing under urgency has prevented proper scrutiny of them.
Recent changes to the NAIT regulations have generally been welcomed by the farming industry: DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb NZ are in favour, although Federated Farmers sees them as rushed.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says farmers nationwide appear to be better treating bobby calves headed for slaughter.
The government's change to the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Act will result in some changes to the NAIT system in the coming weeks, says OSPRI chief executive Michelle Edge.
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