Red line on dairy
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A major new initiative to improve safety in farming has been launched by Landcorp, branded Pamu Academy.
Canterbury dairy farmers are putting money where where their mouths are and playing their part in helping to improve water quality, says Canterbury dairy leader Tom Mason.
Fonterra farmers are confident their co-op was right in issuing a precautionary recall of infant formula four years ago.
Farmers and sharemilkers are reminded to update existing business agreements as they face joint liability for meeting upcoming changes in respect of their using palm kernel (PKE) as feed.
A “hint of conservativeness” can be detected in Fonterra’s updated forecast on the farmgate milk price last week, says ASB’s senior rural economist Nathan Penny.
Dairy goats, like meat and fibre goats, need good feed.
Milk processor Synlait has opened a new $37 million Wetmix kitchen, doubling infant formula production at its Dunsandel plant.
While Fonterra’s first quarter revenue is up 4% on the same period last year, sales volumes are down 20% to 3.9 billion liquid milk equivalent (LME).
Fonterra has dropped its forecast milk payout for this season by 35c to $6.40/kgMS.
The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction has broken its run of consecutive price drops.
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Dunsandel dairy farmer Tony Coltman is “100% confident” he can conform to strict new Environment Canterbury nitrogen leaching limits due to take effect by 2022.
Dairy farming was always a likely career path for Graham Barlow, of Fermanagh Farm, in the Piako district of Waikato.
Corporate farmer Colin Armer, among New Zealand’s most prominent, says dairying will prosper more by greater pasture utilisation than by supplementary feeds that incur many direct expenses and associated costs.
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