Red line on dairy
OPINION: As India negotiates to open its borders to more global products, dairy is proving a sticky issue.
IrrigationNZ says water storage is crucial in helping provide a reliable supply of water and for food production.
LIC has added 200 bulls to its sire proving scheme.
Addressing greenhouse gases onfarm is a top priority for the dairy sector.
Work has begun on a new $45 million food research facility to support New Zealand’s exports.
A dwindling supply of supplementary feed is one problem facing Southland farmers working through drought.
‘Bizarre’ is how DairyNZ’s general manager for extension, Andrew Reid, describes the current season with its weird mixture of floods and droughts in regions that normally don’t get these conditions.
Westland Milk Products is completely back to full collection and production at its Hokitika factory after the devastation caused by ex-cyclone Fehi.
Land use consent has been granted for a new $230 million infant formula plant on the outskirts of of Otorohanga, Waikato.
A new breed of milking sheep and a demonstration farm with a 64-bail internal rotary have set the ball rolling for the dairy sheep industry.
Westpac senior analyst Anne Boniface says fears of tighter international supplies, particularly for whole milk powder, helped dairy prices squeeze higher in the first few Global Dairy Trade auctions of 2018.
More...
Dairy farmers would have woken up to better news than equity fund managers last Wednesday says ANZ’s agri economist Con Williams.
When it comes to trying to detect the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, it turns out that the tonsils have it.
Milk companies are this week taking bulk milk samples from tankers in the southern region of the North Island as national surveillance for Mycoplasma bovis moves into areas with no known infection.
Chinese dairy expert Jane Li says Fonterra’s Anmum is struggling to gain a foothold in the country’s lucrative infant formula market.
Milking It
Farmland security
OPINION: Paranoia about foreigners is at an all-time high in the US and attention is now turning to foreign-owned farmland.
Popular Reads
Open Country Dairy prepares to launch first commercial butter
The country's second largest milk processor hopes to produce its first commercial butter within two months.
Halter raises $165m, company valued at $1.65b
New Zealand tech company Halter has raised $165 million from investors in its latest fundraising round.
Outrage won't pay the bills
OPINION: Across rural conversations, we're heading the same tune: crisis.
