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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…
Pinpoint aerial surveillance of Waikato dairy farms has been voted in by Waikato Regional Councillors as a ‘risk management’ move on farmers suspected of poor effluent handling.
Mycoplasma bovis can spread from cattle to other farm animals, says an expert.
Agribusiness expert Keith Woodford is warning that the chances of eradicating Mycoplasma bovis are not high.
The A1 versus A2 debate has the potential to tear the industry apart.
New Zealand's dairy farmer leaders have been told that while global demand for milk is great, there is no future without China.
A global animal health company says it is developing a novel methane inhibitor for cows’ rumens.
Many dairy farm workers and people in rural communities are too scared to go to MPI or speak out about animal cruelty for fear of being blacklisted in the industry or ostracised by their rural community.
DairyNZ veterinary technical policy advisor Nita Harding says normally not too many cows need to be slaughtered on dairy farms.
The cow carcases photographed by Farmwatch appear to have been tipped over a bank into a gully -- not an offal pit, said spokesman John Darroch.
A weaker New Zealand dollar may help offset the decline in Global Dairy Trade prices, but the reasons behind the lower dollar are more significant to dairy, says Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins.
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A Waikato farmer’s work stint on overseas farms prompted him to apply for certification for dairy and meat products from pastoral farms.
Greenpeace protests and opposition from Fonterra are not affecting Dunedin businessman Murray Valentine’s plans for a large state-of-the-art dairy conversion in the Mackenzie Basin.
New Zealand farmers are getting paid much more than their counterparts overseas and it's all thanks to the co-op model, says a corporate farmer and former Fonterra director.
Amazone's EasyCheck system simplifies checking the performance of fertiliser spreaders.
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