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Onfarm cash income of farmers from all milk production this season will be under $4/kgMS, according to DairyNZ.
Against the backdrop of a falling milk payout, Fonterra farmers will this week start discussing a governance review of the co-op.
The wheels under Glen Herud's milking shed are the first indication he isn't your run-of-the-mill dairy farmer.
Golbal milk price recovery could be "slow and painful", with doubts now cast over when the turnaround may come in the next season.
Former Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden will speak at the upcoming Australian Dairy Conference.
Dairy Women's Network opened nominations for the 2016 Dairy Woman of the Year Award this week.
ASB general manager rural Mark Heer has been appointed to the Dairy Women's Network board of trustees.
Fonterra will introduce an independent organic milk price linked to market returns for organic products, prompted by the success of that business.
Federated Farmers says today's signing of the TPP is a significant milestone for the New Zealand economy.
The cost and benefits of planting trees to help mitigate environmental effects of dairy farming need to be shared by us all for it to succeed, a new study says.
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Synlait Milk has dropped forecast milk price for the 2015 -16 season from $5/kgMS to $4.20/kgMS.
Dairy farmers are being urged to make their businesses resilient around a $5/kgMS payout for the next few years.
Glockemann Pumps use water to provide an easy way of moving water where there is no power.
There's no doubt that big bags have revolutionised agriculture, and I'm sure nobody misses humping 50kg bags of seed or fertiliser around.
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