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Agreement has been reached on reducing by 20% the amount of nitrogen leaching into Lake Taupo through the ground.
Meeting the standards of export milk markets will require that from August 1, 2017 we stick to new milk cooling rules imposed by MPI. Here they are.
This is just the start of our industry trying to understand and quantify how much farmers are investing in environmental actions.
We've gone from prosperity to austerity in the last 12 months. Though it’s been tough, dairy farmers can take pleasure in telling the public what they have been investing in the environment.
The end of the tunnel is still not showing any light for farmers. Six months ago they were told to expect a bounce-back in global dairy prices about now. But last week’s Global Dairy Trade results show no sign of recovery.
Two retired cows in Waikato have reached extraordinary birthdays.
Developers of a big dairy conversion near Taupo are doing everything by the book – consulting local councils and iwi, sticking strictly to environmental guidelines and transparently communicating with locals.
Setting aside the hype and misinformation broadcast on the nightly news, New Zealand’s live export trade has successfully resumed: after 15 days at sea the MV Nada disembarked its cargo of sheep and cattle, alive and well, into quarantine in Manzanillo, Mexico.
Building an Australian dairy industry that is sustainable and profitable should assure long-term success, says Dairy Australia chair Geoff Akers.
Australian supermarkets have been in the gun for years for the way they treat suppliers and farmers.
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Farmers supplying Fonterra’s Wagga Wagga factory in the NSW Riverina have been offered a new pricing agreement aimed at taking the volatility out of milk income.
Australian farm leaders have again called for earlier forecasts of seasonal prices, eyeing companies that announced this season’s prices only one week out from the financial year.
A major dairy conversion, transforming 2500ha of forestry into five farms near Taupo, is on track to start milking on August 1.
Farmer confidence has moved further into negative territory, as shown by the Federated Farmers’ new-season July 2015 Farm Confidence Survey.
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