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Pasture growth and utilisation is becoming increasingly important as farm businesses face ongoing environmental and milk price challenges.
Pasture based farming is most profitable when the pastures are managed to provide the highest quality feed at all periods during the season, maximising the amount of pasture grown and eaten.
Having a skilled and motivated farm team is the foundation of a successful dairy farm.
Fonterra exported record volumes for the month of December 2015.
Despite recent rain, farmers in drought-affected parts of New Zealand will continue to feel the impacts of El Niño for months, as NIWA's latest seasonal outlook indicates.
New Zealand Wool Services International marketing executive, Malcolm Ching reports that the 15,000 bales on offer from both centres this week saw a slight easing for most types.
The NZ Veterinary Association and the Ministry for Primary Industries are warning farmers to be even more alert for facial eczema with the forecasted strong El Nino conditions.
Landcorp Farming and Northland iwi Te Rarawa and Ngai Takoto have joined forces to run Sweetwater farm, a 2480ha property north-west of Kaitaia.
Fonterra is selling its Australian yoghurt and dairy dessert business to Parmalat Australia Pty Ltd.
Like a lot of dairy farmers, I am pretty happy about farewelling 2015, and looking ahead to a New Year with better prospects and farmgate milk prices.
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A solar water pump system is helping get much needed water to stock on remote hill country farms and has captured international interest from water-stressed countries.
Cashflow pressures on dairy farmers are expected to rise in the 2015-16 season, with about 80% of farmers - representing almost 90% of sectoral debt - expected to have negative cash flow, says the Reserve Bank.
The GlobalDairyTrade price index lifted by 1.9% at the auction held overnight.
The number of dairy cattle has dropped for the first time since 2005, says Statistics New Zealand.
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