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LELY HAS launched a new automated feeding system. The Lely Vector is the next major step in automating working methods within dairy farming and as such, it matches the impact of the milking robot, the company says.
JAGUAR DISPLAYED an XKR coupe with a difference in New York recently.
A HIGHER-riding Subaru Legacy, launched recently at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, will be ideal for New Zealand rural roads, says the company’s managing director, Wallis Dumper.
Nearly 700 people will attend the 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards annual awards dinner, where the winners of the New Zealand Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year, New Zealand Farm Manager of the Year and New Zealand Dairy Trainee of the Year competitions will be announced.
The retiring chairman of dairy farmer owned cooperative LIC, Stuart Bay, is encouraging shareholders to vote in upcoming elections for two new members to the cooperative's Board of Directors.
Federated Farmers did not hold back when critiquing the Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill before Parliament's Primary Production select committee yesterday.
The Dairy Industry Restructuring Act Amendment Bill is crucial to Fonterra and crucial to New Zealand, chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden said in his opening remarks to the Primary Production Select Committee yesterday.
POTENTIAL BRAND and reputation damage were the “defining issues” behind Fonterra’s decision to hold another TAF (trading among farmers) vote.
FRONT LINKAGES and front PTOs are among the Zuidberg Frontline Systems products now marketed exclusively in New Zealand by Schouten Machines, Gore.
THREE HUSTLER balefeeders bought recently by a large Mid Canterbury dairy farm were chosen for their good design and operator safety, the machine maker says.
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tASMANIAN FARMER Leigh Schuuring believes it is critical to expand his herd without compromising the quality of his cows.
IT NEVER rains, it pours. Once again in 2012, La Nina has caused large areas of Australia to flood. It comes as a cruel blow after so many years of drought, and with the exception of the west, most states have been inundated where the dairy cattle are found.
BEING LARGELY of volcanic origin, much of the soil in New Zealand is naturally low in copper. There are also regions where the soil is derived from rocks low in copper or the metals are leeched through high rainfall. Low copper levels in the soil mean there is less in the pasture and the stock grazing these pastures have reduced productivity as a result.
THE WAIKATO Regional Council says a large proportion of dairy water-take consents required under its new Variation 6 water allocation policy should only need to go through a "relatively simple" process.
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