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BEC Feed Solutions NZ can already teach its Australian big brother a thing or two in the dairy supplements side of its operations, after only one year in business.
New Zealand and the Netherlands are world leaders in dairying. New Zealand has developed a unique system with a low cost price. The Netherlands has developed highly productive and efficient dairy farming using the latest technologies.
After an uninspiring ten months, the start of 2015 has understandably created a great deal more optimism on the sellers’ side of global dairy markets.
Dealing with the drought added another level to the first South Canterbury event in DairyNZ’s low payout inspired Tactics for Tight Times (TTT) campaign.
Bay of Plenty’s 2015 Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Grant and Karley Thomson, see their entry in the region’s dairy awards as having helped them into a new position beginning in June.
Australian dairy farmers are being urged to boost their business credentials to meet the growing challenges of farming.
Nutritional understanding and food testing will become an increasingly important part of the dairy industry, says Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand executive director, Kimberly Crewther.
New Zealand infant formula exports to China have been given a boost with the launch last week of a new pilot project to test products here instead of there.
A Kiwi company specialising in selling milk products to China is planning a major expansion and is planning to raise $10 million to do this.
The drought is forcing dairy farmers in South Canterbury and Marlborough to consider drying off their herds in the coming weeks.
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Nearly 60 exhibitors are lining up for this year's Waikato Effluent Expo at the Mystery Creek events centre near Hamilton next Tuesday 17 March.
Lincoln University experts say the blackmail threat to lace baby formula with 1080, will not have long-term effects on New Zealand agricultural exports.
A Lincoln University agri-food course is experiencing 150% growth in enrolment numbers after only two years on the curriculum.
The 2015 Northland Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Brad and Lesley Roberts, were emphatic winners – claiming the title along with six of nine merit awards on offer.
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