110,000 visitors!
OPINION: It's official, Fieldays 2025 clocked 110,000 visitors over the four days.
A NEW option for Robertson Manufacturing's Comby range improves feeding out efficiency on the feed pad.
A FEED trailer from Milk Bar will not cut in through gateways, can be safely braked before unhitching, suits many feeds and withstands years of farm use, the maker says.
FARM UTILITIES new this month include CB Norwood's CF Moto Z6, a 600cc, fuel-injected side-by-side and a UTV – a utility 4x4 machine with a tipping deck, powered by a 500cc engine.
THE SMILING corporate face of Mazda on the front of a ute makes a bold statement.
Matthew Foster has been appointed Synlait Milk's general manager supply chain, reporting to chief executive officer John Penno.
One of New Zealand's budding scientists will travel abroad later this year to complete his PhD, after winning the 2012 Doctoral Studentship Award from LIC.
Rural retailer RD1 has acquired Ruawai Farm Supplies, Northland. The acquisition takes the RD1 store network to 65 stores nationwide.
Dairy Womens Network is teaming up with industry training organisation, AgITO to open up further education possibilities for dairying women.
Canterbury milk powder manufacturer, Synlait Milk is launching an innovative new milk powder designed to assist people with sleep disorders.
THE UK'S largest fresh milk supplier, Robert Wiseman Dairies, looks likely to be bought by Germany's Theo Muller Group.
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FONTERRA HAS just commissioned its second dairy farm in China and begun work on a third farm. The new farm is performing ahead of expectations, says the man in charge of the co-op's overseas farming ventures, Peter Moore.
GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION forcing Fonterra farmers to further subsidise increasingly foreign-owned competitors would be a debilitating blow to all New Zealand.
THE GOVERNMENT’S proposed changes to dairy industry regulations are plain wrong. They are a kick in the guts for Fonterra’s 10,500 hardworking farmers.
FONTERRA’S RECENT decision to cut local milk prices was welcomed by various consumer groups and others – including many self-serving politicians – all around New Zealand.
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