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With a very wet winter resulting in cows being stood off paddocks and fed more supplements the demand for maize this season is pretty high.
The degree to which farmers are mitigating environmental impacts has become a hot election topic.
The confidence boost from winning the 2010 Dairy Trainee of the Year award is propelling a young sharemilker along a valuable career track, he says.
Auckland secondary schoolers will soon get a close look at farming without travelling far.
National’s foreign spokesman Gerry Brownlee last month addressed the Canterbury Employers Chambers of Commerce about the headwinds facing global trade, including geo-political issues.
Australia's key dairy region is facing a “supply chain revolution,” says Rabobank senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey.
The dairy industry has endorsed an international agreement on global sustainable dairy development.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is offering free resource consents to landowners to move to the next stage of a plan change associated with reducing nitrogen leaching into Lake Rotorua.
A plantain shown able to slash nitrogen leaching from urine patches is an “important and exciting finding,” says DairyNZ spokesman Bruce Thorrold.
Two New Zealand scientists and a Monash, Victoria, biologist have shown that methane-oxidising bacteria (good for tackling greenhouse gas) are more flexible and resilient than previously thought.
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A young couple, Will and Kirsten Rolton, in South Waikato, are on a path to farm ownership, supported by smaller herd farmers.
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.
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