Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
Perrin Ag says it is helping farmers get on top of regulation, making compliance easier and less costly by empowering them with the skills to assess their own farm compliance requirements at home.
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the UK’s agri-supply trade association representing UK fertiliser and agronomy companies, is raising concerns that farmers, growers and buying co-operatives must brace themselves for law changes that will require them to provide photo ID when purchasing ammonium nitrate (AN) fertilisers.
Any farm system change should be farm by farm and not a wholesale change.
Animal feed nutrition and manufacturing company Nutrinza has been awarded FeedSafeNZ accreditation for its custom blending manufacturing stores in Stratford and Marsden Point, adding to an existing accreditation of its Mount Maunganui-based store.
Angus, Hereford and Simmental bull breeders are being encouraged to nominate sires for use in an innovative beef programme.
OPINION: In an ever-changing world, dairy farmers face numerous challenges that hinder their ability to maintain profitability and sustainability.
OPINION: Last week's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction result doesn’t make good reading.
OPINION: The plant-based milk industry is booming, and new milks are appearing all over the place.
OPINION: In the aftermath of a mass shooting earlier this year on the campus of Michigan State University in the US, the university's herd of cows has provided comfort to students.
OPINION: It's interesting to note that Dutch co-operative Arla Foods is paying its farmers billions for reducing their scope three emissions (that's greenhouse gas emissions generated behind the farmgate).
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OPINION: Dairy farmers are doing it tough and the latest Global Dairy Trade auction results point to tougher times ahead.
Danish co-op Arla is now paying a monthly incentive to its farmer shareholders for sustainability efforts.
Three candidates are vying for a South Island seat on the board of fertiliser co-operative Ravensdown.
The 'longevity of uncertainty' is what's driving the lowest level of farmer confidence in more than a decade, says farming leader Ben Allomes.
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