ORGANISERS OF a second meeting calling for reform of the meat industry say the attendance and feedback strengthens their mandate.

PERSUADING ARCH rivals Silver Fern Farms and Alliance to join together is a vision that could be set to music.

Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper says a decision by leading UK supermarket Tesco to replace SFF-branded lamb with a co-branded house product "has a significant upside."

A MODIFIED quad scraper has made clearing a 114 x 18m standoff pad a breeze, says Northland dairy farmer John Bellamy.

SUGGESTIONS THAT GPS-guided fertiliser spreading will deliver “major savings” miss a swathe of more fundamental problems with nutrient application in New Zealand, says a farmer with much expertise in the area.

A PRODUCT shown to reduce nitrate leaching and boost pasture growth also cuts odour from effluent, the supplier says. 

Tim van de Molen is the second Grand Finalist in 2013 after he won the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Final for the ANZ Young Farmer Contest on Saturday, February 16 in Hamilton at St Paul's Collegiate School.

The 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards will be the biggest and best yet, with a record 566 entries received, up from the previous best of 525.

Don't tell Rudolph, but it's velvet and antler competition time in New Zealand, with national and many regional competitions completed in recent weeks.

North Canterbury farmer Hugh Taylor has taken out the 2012 Mint Lamb Competition, producing the country's best lamb from paddock to plate.