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OPINION: Reckless action by Greenpeace in 2024 forced Fonterra to shut down a drying plant for four hours, costing the co-op…
Landcorp and Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin have jointly set up a venture to train future farm leaders – at no cost to those chosen for the course.
Being a dairy farmer and an environmentalist, I have been perplexed by the banter and politicking over the regional council's One Plan implementation.
Don't be fooled by the packets of almond milk on supermarket shelves.
Two British inventors have moo-ved into a new market after launching a range of footwear for cows.
Fonterra's communications boss Kerry Underhill has left the co-op after only two years on the job.
With the payout down and dry conditions looming, what's the last thing dairy farmers need now? An ageing political mouth with an overactive media secretary using the industry to try to make political capital.
The Australian dairy industry is worth about A$3 billion to the economy of Gippsland, Victoria, a regional business forum heard recently.
Fonterra has recently doubled its capacity to produce lactoferrin, a high-value ingredient that requires 10,000 litres of milk to produce one kilogram.
The Asian middle classes are the target for an AgResearch-led project on gut health.
NZ dairy farmers need to keep the focus on the cost of production, because New Zealand is the only system in the world that can live through the current volatility, says Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings.
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The new entry criteria for the 2016 New Zealand Dairy Manager of the Year means dairy workers with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills are able to enter.
A new trial at the Northland Agricultural Research Farm near Dargaville is looking at alternatives to importing feed.
Affluent markets are the key prize in a free trade agreement with the EU, says ag trade envoy Mike Petersen.
Like most New Zealanders, Sri Lankans are growing up drinking Anchor milk.
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