DURING THE last month most cows will have reached peak milk production. The typical rate of post-peak decline for pasture-fed herds is accepted as being 7% month on month.

HOW LEVEL are your cows’ claws?

FARMERS PLANNING an effluent storage facility on their farms must get the size and location right.

SEPARATING SOLIDS from liquids before they enter storage is a major benefit in the process of effluent handling, says GEA Farm Technologies (GEA FT).

A RECENT major upgrade by Shane Goldsmith included building a farm dairy on a new site and installing an effluent processing and disposal system.

WAIKATO FARMER Chris Lewis says a new feeder called conedose offers opportunity for large herd owners to solve a known feed supplement problem. 

Fonterra Chairman elect John Wilson says the launch of TAF and opening of the new Darfield site symbolises the strong future for the 100% farmer controlled and owned cooperative.

When Fonterra shareholder Philip van der Bijl stepped up to ring the market bell on the stroke of midday today it marked the start of live share trading among farmers, and a new era of opportunity for New Zealanders to join the Fonterra success story.

Prime Minister John Key has opened Fonterra's new $200 million Darfield site in Christchurch.

Fonterra has announced today a final price for units in the Fonterra Shareholders' Fund of $5.50 per unit.