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Arla Foods is implementing an updated human rights policy throughout its organisation to ensure that its global business does not leave a negative footprint in developing countries.
European dairy co-op Arla Foods is integrating its markets in China and South East Asia.
Summer has come and like clockwork so has the hot, dry, windy weather that is synonymous with droughts.
Around Christmas time stock rustling seems to rear its head and this holiday season has been no different.
Judges could not whittle down finalists for Dairy Women’s Network’s 2015 Dairy Woman of the Year to the usual three candidates because of the calibre of nominees – so four women are standing this year.
Farmers are happy to run their businesses without formal governance boards and committees, according to a recent Lincoln University survey.
CRV Ambreed managing director Angus Haslett says the opening of a new bovine semen production and distribution facility in Hamilton marks the start of a new era for the company.
Restricted pasture growth and milk production occurs in many parts of New Zealand as a result of dry summers and irrigation restrictions, according to DairyNZ.
We're past the halfway mark of the season. While we hope for a ‘normal’ summer where ‘the average rain’ will fall each month, we are mindful that decisions made within the next few months can impact milk production and herd reproduction for next season.
There is an old saying which states “prior planning prevents poor performance”.
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With the risk of fire from droughts a joint research project by the Crown Research Institute, Scion, and the engineering school at Canterbury University may yield some major benefits.
Farm to farm movements are being monitored and if you’re not recording them on NAIT expect a call, says Stu Hutchings of NAIT parent body Ospri.
Mastitis is inflammation of a cow’s mammary glands and udder tissue.
New Zealand's seasonal dairy system brings a need to maximise the number of days in milk, and this season the pressure is greater than ever upon farmers to achieve that.
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