Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Joe Catherwood has been a client of PGG Wrightson Wool throughout his farming career.
Concern over the outlook for commodity prices in the coming year coupled with rising on farm costs have pushed New Zealand farmer confidence to a new record low.
Farmers can follow and compare the readings of different soil moisture probes following the installation of a demonstration site at the Foundation for Arable Research's Kowhai Farm at Lincoln.
With spring fertiliser season underway, more dairy farmers are anticipated to turn to self-spreading to help keep costs down, according to Precision Farming head of sales, Aaron Wilson.
On farm innovation and technology is something new career dairy farmers are looking for when applying for jobs.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) investigations into the outbreak of a single case of Mycoplasma bovis on a Canterbury dairy farm are continuing.
The way government regulates the amount of dairy products a company can export is to change.
An advancement in tests on heat tolerant cows could mean good things for the dairy industry.
WorkSafe has appointed Steve Haszard as the organisation's next chief executive.
Sustainability is not a fad and won't go away, says retiring Fonterra Co-operative Council member Mike Montgomerie.
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When Mike Montgomerie gave up his legal career 28 years ago to become a dairy farmer, his lawyer friends joked that he was moving from "bull #@*# to cow #@*#".
DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel says last week's annual meeting was a quiet affair and reasonably positive.
Despite all the challenges the dairy industry is facing, DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel believes the sector has a good future.
Global dairy prices are clawing back lost ground and farmers may need to thank the weather gods for this.
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