Synthetic milk
OPINION: Will synthetic milk derail NZ's economy?
Pick up a bottle of Kapiti single-farm organic milk and you know exactly where the milk comes from.
Rotary milking machines are becoming more popular worldwide, says DeLaval executive vice-president milking systems Jonas Hallman.
If problems now facing sharemilkers aren’t sorted out soon others will be put off entering the dairy industry, says an agribusiness consultant.
Price signals for New Zealand farmers all point to healthy margins for dairy producers despite the slight drop in the GDT Event price index of 0.8% last week, says Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins.
Federated Farmers dairy section chair Andrew Hoggard has stepped down after three years in the role -- but not before firing a broadside at Greenpeace in his final speech last week.
Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins says the overnight dairy auction delivered good and bad news.
Hundreds of dairy farmers have secured their place at next week’s premier dairy forum.
The only certainty for dairy farming is that the future for every farmer in New Zealand will be different from the realities they face today.
Fonterra has withdrawn a few batches of its Anchor blue top milk from lower North Island stores following customer complaints.
Milking machinery provider DeLaval has revealed its new rotary milking system designed for New Zealand farmers.
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Fonterra will pay its Australian suppliers an opening price of A$5.30/kgMS for the 2017-18 season.
Modern, science-based farming is the way to achieve a future for New Zealand where dairy farming has a lower environmental footprint, says DairyNZ’s chief executive, Dr Tim Mackle.
Providing pain relief when disbudding calves is not mandated by regulation but it is coming, says DairyNZ animal husbandry specialist Bruce Eyers.
Higher dairy payouts have put dairy farmers in a good position to take advantage of new technologies, says ANZ’s managing director commercial & agri, Mark Hiddleston.
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