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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
OPINION: As the new National-led coalition begins its term in office, there are high expectations that the promises and rhetoric of the election campaign will quickly be transformed into actions.
OPINION: Westpac is the latest bank to tell its farmer clients to meet the climate targets it has set.
OPINION: On tackling methane emissions, global animal health giant DSM will be hoping for a more sympathetic reception from the new Government when it comes to Bovaer, its feed additive that reduces methane emissions in livestock.
OPINION: Greenpeace's criticism of the appointment of farmers’ champion Andrew Hoggard as Associate Minister of Agriculture and of the Environment is baffling.
OPINION: Dairy farmers are seemingly more upbeat than they were three months ago and there’s a good reason – the change in Government.
The South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) is returning to Lincoln University next year.
The Victorian state government in Australia and its dairy sector have jointly launched a new innovative research programme to improve soil health.
Australian supermarket giant Coles has been given the green light by the competition watchdog to buy two milk processing plants.
Synlait's majority shareholder Bright Dairy of China has thrown its support behind the Canterbury milk processor as it recovers from several years of poor run.
The search for a new chair for troubled Canterbury milk processor Synlait is progressing, says acting chair Paul McGilvary.
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More than 300 farmers received free fencing materials at a charity event put on by the Rapid Relief Team in Wellsford two weeks ago.
An improvement in global markets and a weak New Zealand dollar are behind the ANZ Bank's optimistic prediction of a $7.70/kgMS farmgate milk price for this season.
DairyNZ's collaborative approach to improving waterway health will see extensive planting take place in the Pokaiwhenua catchment, south Waikato this summer.
Dairy farmers are seemingly more upbeat than they were three months ago but how long this positivity remains seems to depend on what the new Government does in the coming months.
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