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Darfield readies for opening

The new 60-strong team at Fonterra Darfield are into their final few weeks of trials before the first milk arrives.

$100m fix as tankers roll

Milk tankers have started rolling out of Northland this week while the remaining Fonterra manufacturing sites are in the final stages of a $100 million maintenance upgrade.

Spray dryer turns dream into reality

GOAT FARMERS’ commitment to use the proposed Innovation Waikato product-development spray dryer was the fillip needed to gain Government funding for the project, says chairman Michael Spaans.

Distributor sees Kiwi farming as ‘primary market’

A $6 MILLION warehouse and headquarters opened late June by Landpower Holdings is intended to treat New Zealand farming as a ‘primary market’, says chief executive Richard Wilson.

Try playing the role of a cow

FARMERS SHOULD try playing the role of a cow says an independent specialist in milking systems, Mel Eden

Dancing with your animals

MILKING COWS is just like dancing, says a leading dairy consultant, Josh Wheeler.

Global dairy crisis might help NZ

A "global dairy crisis" could be good for New Zealand dairy farmers, says Federated Farmers.

Herd manager farming to succeed

OWAKA HERD manager Shane Bichan gained fresh vision of farming from AgITO’s South Island ‘Farming to Succeed’ sponsored by FIL New Zealand.

Metabolic diseases complex but avoidable

METABOLIC DISEASES are complex disorders that occur when the cow’s ability to adjust to a major change (e.g. calving) is compromised. They have been a persistent problem for farmers for centuries, milk fever first being documented in 1793 in Germany and ketosis reported in the USA as early as 1849.