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Fonterra's online dairy sale platform is looking at a joint auction for European dairy products.
When Canterbury dairy farmer Alister Body became a DairyNZ director 12 years ago, he was motivated by his desire to be part of industry decisionmaking.
DairyNZ says a fall in the number of dairy conversions in Canterbury signals strongly that fears of a big rise in dairying there are unwarranted.
Sodden pastures could become a major feed issue for lower North Island farmers even after the rain stops and growing conditions improve, says Agriseeds agronomist Laura Akers, in Manawatu.
Federated Farmers dairy chairman Chris Lewis believes most farmers are now compliant with new rules on handling bobby calves.
Labour's proposal to impose a water tax on irrigators will lead to more intensive farming, says IrrigationNZ chief executive Andrew Curtis.
BNZ is sticking with its $6.75/kgMS milk price forecast – or perhaps a little more – while the ASB says $7/kgMS could be on the cards if rain persists.
The discovery of a Waikato stream running green with effluent has the council urging farmers to ask for advice on effluent management.
A newly established raw milk supplier has been forced to suspend operations after a positive test for Listeria.
Complacency is a luxury the dairy industry cannot afford, says Ian Proudfoot, KPMG global head of agribusiness.
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North Otago is being treated “like the leper colony of the South Island” over the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak, says Federated Farmers North Otago dairy chairman Lyndon Strang.
The Greens' proposed ‘nitrogen tax’ is a vote catching policy which is highly unlikely to see the light of day, says Federated Farmers vice-president and dairy farmer Andrew Hoggard.
The latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction has resulted in little change in the price index.
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