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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Agribusiness expert Keith Woodford says within the next five years China could be accepting only A2 milk products.
Jersey dairy farmers can add value to their business with selective Jersey-cross beef breeding and promoting the eating qualities of that meat, says Whangarei Jersey dairy farmer Murrary Jagger.
Last month saw the annual release of the DairyNZ Economic Farm Survey and the NZ Dairy Statistics.
LIC says it is in the early stages of developing artificial intelligence (AI) software to allow early detection of lameness caused by cow gait.
Entering the Ballance Farm Environment Awards was always the plan for Eric Jacomb, a founding partner of Medbury Farm Ltd, winner of the Canterbury Supreme Award.
Wintering cows on crops is a common strategy to help keep them in good condition, but it may result in them getting sick.
Fonterra has joined an international project to address the issue of malnourishment in older people.
The maker of revered Kiwi Red Band gumboots is this year celebrating 60 years in production.
Fonterra executive Leon Clement has been appointed the new chief executive of independent milk processor Synlait.
What do you get by mixing West Coast milk and imported ice cream paste? Award-winning ice cream of course.
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OPINION: Many groups out there, large and small, seem to believe farming is the root of all evil to the environment.
The Irish Research Institute Teagasc, with industry partners, has set up a new programme to improve its dairy sector. Peter Burke spoke recently to the director of research, Dr Frank O’Mara.
The 2018 dairy calving/mating season has a new, unsettling dynamic with the incursion of Mycoplasma bovis.
The head of BiosecurityNZ (MPI’s group dealing with Mycoplasma bovis), Roger Smith, says its job is to make NAIT easy so that farmers will comply with it.
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