Red line on dairy
OPINION: As India negotiates to open its borders to more global products, dairy is proving a sticky issue.
The drop in the forecast farmgate milk price from Fonterra will reduce overall dairy revenues by a further $800 million, says DairyNZ.
The development of a solar powered pumping system has opened up possibilities for farmers looking for a guaranteed water supply to outlying areas of the farm, which are often not connected to the national grid.
Fonterra Shareholders Council says the co-op's 45c drop in the 2015-16 forecast payout is a sobering blow to farmers.
Fonterra has dropped its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2015-16 season by 45c to $4.15/kgMS.
Westland Milk Products is dropping its forecast payout for this season.
Pioneer nutritionist, Dr Bill Mahanna, recently wrote his 52nd and final column for Feedstuffs, a pre-eminent USA feed and feed industry magazine.
Neil and Dot Smith are a far cry from the days of when they had to walk their cows for two days to get to their winter grazing.
ASB has trimmed their price forecast by 50c, but maintains dairy prices will increase over 2016.
Almond milk - the beverage all the rage with the health-conscious - has led to a rare 18th century disease, according to new report by scientists at University Hospital La Fe in Valencia, Spain.
Like consumers around the globe, Indians are flocking to the online marketplace in droves these days.
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Calves which were stroked by people early in their life gained weight more quickly than animals that were not stroked, according to researchers at the Vetmeduni Vienna in Austria.
More visitors are flocking to Morrinsville and the cows are responsible.
West Coast dairy farmer Renee Rooney is one of many young women who are playing a more active part in farmer politics...
Well-known agribusiness leader Peter Nation has been appointed the new National Fieldays Society chief executive.
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