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SYNLAIT HAS reduced its forecast net profit after tax by about $7.5 million in this financial year.
DAIRYNZ IS RUNNING 19 StockSense events in June and July to help farmers prepare for the calving season.
THE MINISTRY for Primary Industries (MPI) wants public feedback on options for the sale of raw milk to consumers.
FONTERRA AND NESTLÉ have realigned their 10-year old Dairy Partners Americas (DPA) 50/50 joint venture and signed binding agreements covering the revised scope of the alliance.
FONTERRA HAS announced a forecast opening farmgate milk price of $7k/gMS for the 2014/15 season.
THE SOUTH ISLAND Dairy Event (SIDE) has launched a free smartphone app to enhance this year's conference experience.
CONCERN GROWS daily about the decision of the Government-appointed board of inquiry into the Ruataniwha dam project, including the controversial Plan Change 6 decision in the Tukituki catchment.
I AM a swing voter but a recentspeech by Labour finance spokesman David Parker had me shaking my head in disbelief.
DURING THE lead-up to the launch of ‘Farming in the Cloud’, Xero discovered on average only about 10% of farmers have onfarm accounting software, says Xero’s rural specialist Ben Richmond.
RAVENSDOWN’S EXIT from the Australian fertiliser market is complete, the Christchurch co-op announced earlier this month.
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ALISTAIR ROBERTSON grew up on a small town milk supply dairy farm near Otaki and has worked on dairy farms in Waikato, Tararua and Wanganui. Today he and his wife Margo are equity partners with Larry and Jane Ellison, of Rural Fuel fame, on in a large dairy farm near Bulls.
WINTER WEATHER can increase the strain on the banks of farm waterways, increasing the risk of their eroding and affecting water quality.
ANIMAL HEALTH should feature large in farmers’ end-of-season planning for stock movement, says Dairy NZ.
DURING THE last few years there has been a rise in the number of in-shed feeders being used on New Zealand dairy farms. This method of feeding cows has a number of advantages in convenience, low wastage and the ability to control per-cow intake of concentrates.
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