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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Dairy and beef farmers are being asked to help develop frameworks to control the disease bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD).
An automated RFID heat detection system developed in New Zealand has delivered the best-ever mating result for a Waikato farmer.
A major initiative launched in the Tararua district seeks to reduce nitrate leaching on 135 dairy farms which can’t get consent for their operations. The hope is to achieve this with a single forage – plantain.
Making your farm a ‘biosecurity island’ can help you protect your business sustainability.
ASB economist Nathan Penny says New Zealand agriculture hasn’t backed great science with great stories.
UK seed company Germinal’s plant breeding programme in New Zealand is progressing well, says general manager Sarah Gard.
The Government is backing moves to recognise and celebrate outstanding employers in the primary sector.
OPINION: Co-ops are in a prime position to drive change within the consumption and production of food, including the treatment and disposal of food waste.
A newly developed genetically modified ryegrass could be a game-changer for farming, says AgResearch.
More farmers are buying dairy technology that pays for itself promptly, says Waikato Milking Systems chief executive NZ Campbell Parker.
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Farm biosecurity in New Zealand needs to take a quantum leap forward whether for velvetleaf or any other threat, says AgResearch senior scientist Trevor James.
Fonterra is boosting butter output at its Edgecumbe plant to meet a growing demand in China and other countries.
Ravensdown has appointed Stephen Esposito, a professional engineer, as its new general manager operations.
The Christchurch-based manufacturer, packer and exporter of powdered dairy products Keytone Dairy Corporation Ltd listed on the Australian Stock Exchange last Wednesday.
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