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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
An incentive scheme to get suppliers to the Taupo-based Miraka dairy company to produce better quality milk and adopt best-practice systems is producing stunning results.
Three bank economists see a risk of downside to farmgate prices from last week’s GDT auction where the overall price index dropped 2.4%.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says weather conditions over spring will be crucial to this season’s milk production.
Waikato milk processor Tatua will use retentions to grow its cream and protein based value-added products, says chief executive Brendhan Greaney.
The recent political blowtorch on farming is affecting the morale of younger farmers, says Ngatea farmer Mark Townshend.
The dairy industry has launched an ambitious scheme to encourage young New Zealanders to make careers on farms.
The Ministry for Primary Industries says it is not surprised that a seventh farm has been confirmed as infected with the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, following a positive result on a fifth property of the Van Leeuwen Dairy Group on October 2.
Shareholders of independent milk processor Westland Milk Products have endorsed a package of changes designed to improve and update the cooperative’s governance.
Global dairy prices have unexpectedly dropped in the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.
A new nutrient management tool offers farmers a high degree of control and reporting when applying nutrients, its maker says.
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Doing it once and doing it right is a great guiding philosophy for upgrading farm effluent systems.
Could using exotic dung beetles help address soil health and water quality issues in New Zealand? It’s an option with possibilities.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has done at least 15000 tests for Mycoplasma bovis.
Lower replacement rates and higher body weight/lower stocking rates are the two most effective of five available ways of cutting dairy greenhouse gas emissions, a scientist has told a workshop for rural professionals.
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