Synthetic milk
OPINION: Will synthetic milk derail NZ's economy?
Farmer-owned cooperative, Livestock Improvement Corporation, made a loss of $4 million in the year to May 31 2016, down from a profit of $13.7 million the previous year.
Prime Minister, John Key, and Deputy Minister of National Development Planning, Gellwynn Daniel Hamzah Jusuf, visited Fonterra Brands Indonesia's Cikarang manufacturing facility to mark the strong agricultural partnership between Indonesia and New Zealand.
ASB is sticking with its 2016/17 milk price forecasts of $6/kgMS, with the Global Dairy Trade overall price index remaining unchanged overnight.
Indications are that dairy farms values in most regions are down 8-18% in value, says the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).
When Manawatu dairy farmer Kelly Powell talks about Holstein-Friesian cows you can hear the excitement and passion in her voice.
Michael Stein, Synlait's general manager quality and regulatory, has accepted the role a quality and food safety director, Asia Pacific, with Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition.
A 6500-head dairy farm in Chile will become the world's largest robotic dairy after signing an agreement to install 64 DeLaval VMS milking robots.
Winter weather has returned with a vengeance, and many farms will now be calving cows in these conditions.
Plan and prepare to succeed in calving this season, setting up your team early with all the right knowledge and gear.
Designed to keep things clean and tidy onfarm or in a warehouse, Italian-made Tornado vacuum systems from Agriquip come in three models.
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With the calving season just around the corner many farmers will soon be doing their annual rounds of calf rearing duties.
The shift to LED work lamps in recent times reflects their performance and benefits such as low current draw and a greater resistance to shock and vibration, giving a longer product life.
Jeep is celebrating 75 years of 4x4, military history and outdoor adventure in 2016 and to mark the event, Jeep New Zealand has launched commemorative versions of the Wrangler, Cherokee and Grand Cherokee.
Kuhn has upgraded its high output grass tedders, giving the 13m and 17.2m machines a new chassis design and rotor lift layout allowing higher clearance at headlands and improved contour-following on rough terrain.
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