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We need to be positive that our product can be premium and people will pay for it, says John Hayward of Judge Valley Dairies.
Dairy leaders have come together with other livestock and farming leaders to pledge their commitment to swimmable rivers for future generations.
Dairy prices have cumulatively eased only 3% after falling in four of the past five auctions, says BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.
A2 Milk's after-tax profit of $90.6 million is 198% ahead of last year on surging Chinese demand.
Regions such as Mid-Canterbury enjoy a direct relationship between water use and employment, says Federated Farmers.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) hasn’t given up hope of eradicating the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis despite its spread to a third South Island farm.
The water tax proposal by the Labour Party “is making us all fairly blimmin’ nervous isn’t it,” says Federated Farmers president and dairy farmer Katie Milne.
A third South Island farm may have the bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
Holstein Friesian New Zealand (HFNZ) says its joint sire proving programme with CRV Ambreed is breaking records.
A new ready-to-use antibiotic formulation for treating mastitis is now available for New Zealand dairy farmers.
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Sollus NZ’s head nutritionist Dr Joe McGrath looks at causes of the involuntary culling taking place in most herds in New Zealand.
Fonterra’s new $150 million cheese plant in Australia will help the co-op further capture the strong global demand for dairy, says chairman John Wilson.
A biogas recovery system using methane from dairy effluent to generate electricity and heat water was one of three finalists in the Energy Technology of the Year award in the 2017 Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards.
Measuring the actual damage caused by pugging on farms is notoriously difficult, says Massey soil scientist Dr Dave Horne.
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