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OPINION: Reckless action by Greenpeace in 2024 forced Fonterra to shut down a drying plant for four hours, costing the co-op…
A race car with the best engine is never going to win unless the tyres allow it to get power to the ground, and dairy cows should be looked at in a similar light, says ‘The Hoofman’ – Johan Buys.
Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products, New Zealand’s second largest dairy co-operative, has lifted its payout prediction for the 2016-17 season to a net range (after retentions) of $5.30 to $5.70/kgMS.
Waikato farmer Rex Butterworth follows a simple philosophy: keeping his cows happy and healthy.
Owl Farm, a partnership between St Peters School Cambridge and Lincoln University, strives to demonstrate best practice in dairy farming and to encourage young people into the industry.
More than 75% of New Zealand’s dairy exports to China are still subject to tariffs the industry thought would by now be cut.
Civil Defence, or ‘Emergency Management’ as it prefers to be called, must put its staff and volunteers through a rural awareness course.
People in London were last week disgusted to be told they had been drinking ‘dog’s milk’ during a new animal rights campaign.
Remember those three cows stranded on a hill by the Kaikoura earthquake?
DairyNZ has laid a complaint over a Greenpeace advertisement that says industrial dairy farming and massive irrigation schemes are polluting waterways.
Fonterra shareholders are facing an interesting choice in the board elections.
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Almost constant rain will have long term implications for dairy farmers in the North Island, says DairyNZ’s general manager of extension, Andrew Reid.
The country's main farm insurer FMG is encouraging farmers who have suffered quake damage to telephone for advice on making claims.
Emma Dunn’s love for baking and science has landed her a role at dairy giant Fonterra, in the cooperative’s Graduate Programme.
Fonterra chief operating officer global consumer and foodservice, Jacqueline Chow believes we are entering into a renaissance period for dairy.
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