Science fiction
OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
A busy month in the rostrum at Stortford wound up with a sizable offering of store cattle today as more farmers take advantage of a strong market.
A balmy autumn day did nothing to hide the heat of the prices coming from the store lamb pens where 9,500 sold on a firm market to last week.
DAIRY FARMS employing migrant workers will be the next phase of a labour inspection programme.
EVERY SINGLE day more than six people in New Zealand, on average, injure themselves with a chainsaw – a scary statistic which is on the rise and has prompted STIHL to power up its Chainsaw Safety Awareness Week campaign.
SYNLAIT SAYS it expects Synlait Milk to receive registration by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA) as an exporter of finished infant formula into China.
DAIRYNZ CHIEF executive Tim Mackle is urging farmers to vote when they receive voting papers in the mail this month.
FONTERRA'S $120 million UHT milk processing site at Waitoa has produced its first 25,000 Anchor UHT cream packs ready for sale.
SOME OF THE country's top bulls were reunited with their breeders last week, at a special event to celebrate their contribution to New Zealand's dairy herd in 2013.
NORTH ISLAND dairy farmers are urged to look out for Theileriosis in cattle.
CHOOSING A WINNER in the 2014 New Zealand Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year competition is a tough task for the judges, due to the varying backgrounds and positions of the finalists.
More...
A TATUA DIRECTOR with significant dairy industry and directorship experience, Peter Schuyt, has been appointed the DairyNZ board as an independent director.
LIC SCIENTISTS HAVE discovered genetic variations which impact milk composition in dairy cows.
A DUTCH DAIRY veteran Henk Bles has been appointed to the newly-created role of managing director international farming ventures for an initial six-month period.
THE 33 FINALISTS in the 2014 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards showcase the talent the dairy industry is attracting.
Milking It
Bye bye Paris?
OPINION: At its recent annual general meeting, Federated Farmers’ Auckland province called for New Zealand to withdraw from the Paris…
Popular Reads
25 years on - where are they now?
To celebrate 25 years of the Hugh Williams Memorial Scholarship, Ravensdown caught up with past recipients to see where their…
Ngāi Tahu freshwater case could reshape farming and rural communities
Ngai Tahu's legal action seeking self-determination (rangatiratanga) over fresh water could have huge implications for the future of farming, the…
Taranaki dairy farms saved by $10/kgMS payout
Only this season’s $10/kgMS bumper payout has saved some dairy farms along the Taranaki coast from absolute disaster due to…
