Synthetic milk
OPINION: Will synthetic milk derail NZ's economy?
The Ministry for Primary Industries’ tracing and testing programme has identified three new properties positive for the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
Westland Milk's new chief financial officer comes to the co-op with a track record in change management.
Two Fonterra cheeses have won silver awards at the international Cheese Awards held recently at Nantwich, UK.
The pledge is simple: we are committed to New Zealand’s rivers being swimmable for our children and grandchildren.
Say goodbye to spilt milk, as scientists offer dissolvable milk capsules you add to your tea or coffee just like sugar cubes.
They're sung to while being milked, enjoy daily massages and are fed digestive biscuits.
Labour's proposed water tax is causing jitters in the farming sector.
Another reason not to kill the goose that laid the golden egg: Stats NZ says we achieved a rare July trade surplus of $85 million this year, thanks to a recovery in dairy export prices.
One teaspoon of soil contains more living organisms than there are people in the world. Without this biological diversity there would be no life on earth.
Southern German dairying practice of keeping cows indoors 24/7 makes a convincing argument for getting cows out of winter cold -- or mid-summer heat -- and explaining why more cow barns are springing up in the south of New Zealand.
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Cheese, butter and milk powder manufacturing has been picked in the top five of 200 New Zealand industries to perform well this year, according to global business intelligence company IBISWorld.
Nominations are open for two farmer-elected directors on DairyNZ board.
Fonterra can and should lead efforts within the agricultural sector to farm within environmental limits, says Carolyn Mortland, Fonterra’s director of social responsibility.
The farming sector has its head in the sand if it doesn’t realise water is a huge issue waiting to be tackled, says Labour’s primary industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor.
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