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Lip balm wins gong

St Paul’s Collegiate students, from left, Emma Lobb, Lucy O’Meeghan, Mackenzie Lenton.

Once again, the sharp minds at St Paul’s Collegiate School in Hamilton were the 2023 Young Innovator of the Year Winner at Fieldays.

Published in Management

Italians look to expand NZ footprint

Italian machinery manufacturers led by Trade Commissioner Simona Bernardini (centre) meeting with Agriculture and Trade Minister Damien O’Connor at this year’s Fieldays.

Fieldays is usually the place to find old favourites.

Published in Machinery & Products

Giving calves a good start

From 1 June this year, Fonterra suppliers have to record information about how many calves are born on-farm and where they go.

As part of its strategic choice to lead in sustainability, Fonterra places a strong emphasis on calf wellbeing.

Published in Farm Health

Rural vote scramble

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, just back from the successful trade mission to China, was keen to talk about it at the NZ Primary Industries Conference last week.

The leaders of Labour and National took up the challenge to win rural voters in a head-to-head clash at last week's Federated Farmers annual conference in Wellington.

Published in General News

WoolWorks New Zealand announces structural changes

WoolWorks is set to form a new division designed to explore and realise new opportunities to capture greater market value for wool.

Published in Agribusiness

Brandt starting to make its mark in New Zealand

Brandt chief executive Shaun Semple says it is paramount the company understands the industries it supplies.

Anyone who visited Fieldays this year couldn’t help but notice an aircraft hangar-sized marquee that took up an entire block adjacent to the tractor pulling arena.

Published in Machinery & Products

Venture Taranaki breaks ground with garlic growing trials

Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, the regional development agency for Taranaki, has launched its Branching Out growing trials with the planting of the first crop: garlic.

Published in General News

Winter finally arrives

In the North Island, average store cattle prices in May were 8.33% higher compared to last year.

Dairy

Published in Agribusiness

Rural contractors to gather in deep South

Rural Contractors NZ chief executive Andrew Olsen.

Nearly 200 rural contractors from around the country gather in Invercargill next week for the annual conference of the expanding $2b industry.

Published in Management

Co-op offers $1.50/kgMS more in Oz

Fonterra Australia managing director René Dedoncker notes that Australian farmgate pricing for the season ahead remains higher than international commodity values.

A shrinking milk pool in Australia is forcing major processors, including Fonterra, to outbid each other and secure farmer suppliers for the new season.

Published in General News