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A government decision on on how to deal with Mycoplasma bovis in the future should be known early this week.
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister for Agriculture and Biosecurity Damien O’Connor stepped into gumboots last Monday at a Waikato dairy farm to hear farmers’ and others’ views on M. bovis.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says volumes for the year were down by 5%, driven by lower inventory.
Volatility in earnings is the result of prices staying high for milk-price products, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.
Fonterra's $7/kgMS opening milk price is at the top end of the range seen by market followers and analysts.
Dairy farmers know early starts well. Rob and Di Bridgeman are also early finishers.
Cambridge dairy farmer Henk Smit has confirmed that a herd of 330 cows, he partly owns, is infected with Mycoplasma bovis.
Fonterra farmers will get an extra 20c/kgMS for milk supplied to the co-op this season.
Fonterra has announced an opening forecast Farmgate Milk Price of $7/kgMS for the 2018/19 season starting June 1.
Farming leaders and the Government met again today to discuss ways to combat Mycoplasma bovis.
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With Gypsy Day around the corner, stock and equipment will be moving between properties, so farmers need to ensure they take the right precautions to lower their risk of cross contamination.
The 1012 series Gyrotedders from Kuhn is expanding with the arrival of two mounted and two trailed models (GF 8712 / 8712T and GF 10812 /10812T) with eight and 10 rotors respectively, in working widths of 8.70m and 10.80m.
AGCO is this year celebrating the 75th anniversary of AGCO Power, its engine business.
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