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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
THE FIRST-CONCEPTION rate of non-cycling cows can be improved 50% by combining a progesterone implant with a cycling programme, say Australian vets who studied 19 dairy herds.
STRONGER ROOF trusses are allowing Herd Homes to span up to 20m, so farms can retro-fit the Waikato firm’s roofs over existing yards and pads.
EXHIBITORS AT the one-day Effluent Expo in Waikato last month say good farmer turnout shows demand for specific advice.
NO JOB is too big or too hard for Numedic’s new pond mixer, says company director Peter Reid.
BEST BARS Ltd makes alloy decks for most 1-tonne ute models carrying heavy loads.
Construction of Fonterra's new $126 million UHT milk processing plant in Waitoa has taken another step forward with the site's blessing attended by Prime Minister John Key.
Twelve Indonesian farmers chosen as part of a Fonterra scholarship programme in Indonesia visited the cooperative's Te Rapa manufacturing site on Wednesday on the final leg of their 10-week training course in New Zealand.
Singaporean Simon Israel is a new director at Fonterra, following the retirement of Ralph Waters.
SOUTH AUCKLAND dairy farmer Murray Shaw is used to hosting VIPs on his 500-cow farm. In 2005 he hosted then Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf.
THE MAN who has spearheaded DairyNZ policy and advocacy development for four and a half years is to be New Zealand’s next High Commissioner in Canada.
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UMBRELLAS AND wet weather gear were in order for farmers attending the organic dairying conference at Woodville last week.
OFF-PEAK MILK production doesn’t necessarily mean intensive feeding, says a new study from Dairy Australia.
WHILE THE drought is terribly painful to many dairy farmers – essentially it’s ruined a bumper season – it has brought to the fore some issues worth considering.
OVER THE last two weeks the Prime Minister and I have led a 25-strong business delegation on a trade mission through Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Brazil.
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