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Owl Farm at St Peter’s School, Cambridge is a venture by Lincoln University and seven commercial partners to demonstrate good practice on a working farm, while encouraging farmers and young people to succeed in the dairy industry.
Before sharemilkers Christopher and Siobhan O’Malley, of Lauriston, mid-Canterbury, started dairy farming they knew nothing of the generosity of New Zealand’s rural communities.
Canterbury milk processor Synlait is looking to expand into own-branded consumer products after posting a record net profit.
The butter boom is rolling on, says ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny.
Westland Milk Products (WMP) chairman Pete Morrison says the proposed changes to the governance structure of the cooperative will impose more accountability on the board.
Neil and Glenda Gray are proudly continuing a 112-year family dairy business at Turua on the Hauraki Plains.
Global dairy companies including Fonterra are lining up to snare Australia’s largest dairy processor.
Fonterra farmers will receive a final milk payout of $6.52/kgMS for last season.
Fonterra farmers will receive a final milk payout of $6.52/kgMS for last season.
Fat-based products have once again led a rise in the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction price index.
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Canterbury milk processor Synlait has reported a record net profit of $38.2 million for year ending July 2017.
To set up a dairy cow for a long, productive life you must give her the best possible start, says DairyNZ.
Pam and John Hunter milk 435 cows on 130ha (eff) at Eureka, in the heart of Waikato dairy country, supplying Open Country Dairy.
A pilot project to remediate groundwater in the Hinds District in Mid-Canterbury is a success, according to a report into its first year’s operation.
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