A DRAFT plan to allow North America to cope with an outbreak of, say, foot-and-mouth disease, without shutting down the continent’s cattle trade has won US backing from the National Milk Producers Federation.

LONG-SERVING FONTERRA director, Jim van der Poel, will retire from the cooperative's board in November, after 12 years of service.

WASHING STAND-OFF pads and dairy shed yards with recycled water could cut fresh water usage by thousands of litres every milking, says Houle solutions and field services technician Murray McEwan.

FEDERATED FARMERS' Dairy Industry Group has elected Feilding farmer Andrew Hoggard as its new chairman.

NEW MILKING point controller technology from Milfos – called iCore, is designed to adapt and accept new technology as it develops over time, the company says.

ST PAUL'S COLLEGIATE School in Hamilton hopes change the face of agribusiness education in New Zealand with the launch of The Centre of Excellence in Agricultural Science and Business in 2015 as part of an $8m redevelopment.

A NOVEL pasture meter jointly developed by English and Irish entrepreneurs was unveiled on the Enterprise Ireland stand at Fieldays.

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BEEF PRODUCERS from four Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) member countries have demanded that any TPP agreement be a "high quality deal that eliminates all tariffs on beef".

THE 25th ANNIVERSARY of 2014 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards winners will go down in history.