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A record number of Northland dairy farms achieved full environmental compliance last season.
Only eight months ago, Federated Farmers and NZ's special agriculture trade envoy, Mike Petersen, said the TPPA was going to be gold standard or bust, NZ First leader Winston Peters says.
Westland Milk Products chief executive Rod Quin is stepping down after seven years in the role.
A Northland farm consultant is concerned at the loss in cow condition over the last two months.
NZ dairy farmers are being encouraged to be vigilant about bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) which DairyNZ says affects up to 60% of dairy cows and 90% of herds.
It depends how bad it gets before banks take drastic action against deeply indebted dairy farmers.
Tyre industry giant Michelin claims a trial at Harper Adams University, UK, shows farmers can increase yield by 4% using the company's Ultraflex tyre technology.
As the cows cram into Randal Inch's milking shed you realise space is at a premium on this small North Canterbury dairy farm on the outskirts of Rangiora.
An award winning rotary milking technology is helping a New Zealand company make inroads into overseas markets.
Global dairy prices are unlikely to start rising until later this year, weighed down by European production and global economic uncertainty, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.
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More diversification in the New Zealand economy is sustaining the currency despite low dairy prices, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.
Four Fonterra farmers will travel to Sri Lanka this year as part of a new farmer volunteer scheme to work with their Sri Lankan counterparts.
The New Zealand dairy industry has lost its way on growing and utilising pasture, says DairyNZ chief executive, Tim Mackle.
Farmers are being reminded that this time of year is a peak one for the spread between properties of the damaging pest plant yellow bristle grass.
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