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The Waikato Effluent Expo at the Mystery Creek events centre is turning five this year and it will be bigger than ever.
Leading herd management company CRV Ambreed, has appointed two new members to its senior management team.
The battle to find New Zealand's best cheese is set to be fierce with over 400 entries, three new cheese companies, a new cheese type, new international judges and the exciting addition of yoghurt and butter categories.
LIC has recorded a solid performance in the first half of the financial year. In the six months to 30 November 2014, the co-op achieved revenue of $159 million, 17.7% higher than the same period last year.
The Global Dairy Trade price jump of 9.4% last week was at the top end or bigger than predictions by economists and part of a continued upward swing.
THe head office of Carrickmore Nutrition is indistinguishable from the other houses in Pateke Way, Parapapaumu, on the Kapiti Coast.
A New Zealand exporter of infant formula to China says there is no overall integrated ‘New Zealand Inc’ plan for that country.
Three more dairy companies – Miraka, Open Country and Westland – are reporting milk flows dipping as dry weather starts to affect grass growth and production, despite reasonable rain in many places in the past week.
Federated Farmers dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says as shareholder of Fonterra he’s heard “didley squat” about the US cheese licence saga.
For the second year in a row the West Coast is drying out, causing a drop in the milk flow to Westland Milk Products.
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Despite dying winter feed crops and increasingly crisp pasture, losses due to the central South Island drought could still be ring-fenced to this season, says a dairy farmer representative in the hard hit region.
The economy is performing well but faces challenges arising from the Chinese economy, says Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler.
Carefully consider feed planning decisions to keep cows in milk while maintaining their condition, advises DairyNZ.
Farmers are reiterating their call for councils to end property value-based rating.
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