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Demand for store lambs waned at Temuka a bit on Monday as some lines may have been a tad too longer term for the market.
Dairy prices at the latest global dairy trade auction rebounded by 13.5%, a stark contrast to the falls seen in the previous three auctions.
A bumper production season for NZ and Australian dairy farmers has been great for farm incomes, but has also put some downward pressure on market prices.
LAST WEEK’S GlobalDairyTrade rebound of 13.5% is a sign the market is bottoming out say analysts, though they caution it’s only one result and dairy commodities aren’t out of the woods yet.
AUSTRALIA IS buying New Zealand stock in its struggle to keep up with demand for export heifers particularly to China.
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister David Carter is lauding the signing of a deal between the New Zealand dairy technology company Milfos and a Russian company, Mercurii Holdings.
THE NEW Fonterra Shareholders Council chairman Ian Brown has his work cut out over the next two weeks.
NEVER MIND the detail, it’s the whole cooperative ethos that is at stake in this month’s TAF (trading among farmers) vote, says one of the shareholders who instigated the second ballot.
FONTERRA HAS a serious problem but, contrary to the board’s claims, it is not redemption, says a Netherlands-based cooperatives expert.
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IT IS not a matter of if but when foot and mouth disease (FMD) comes to Australia, according to Rob Bonanno, the past president of the Australian Cattle Vets Association.
A COLOSTRUM management protocol is important to ensure calves receive enough antibodies but colostrum alone does not guarantee calf-rearing success.
IT IS not a matter of if but when foot and mouth disease (FMD) comes to Australia, according to Rob Bonanno, the past president of the Australian Cattle Vets Association.
VETS WILL gather later this month at Hamilton for their annual conference. The New Zealand Veterinary Association’s ‘Heart of Practice’ conference, June 19-22, has the goal of improving animal health and welfare.
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