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FONTERRA’S RECENT forecast of a record milksolids payout of $8.30 is great news for farmers.  

PKE FEEDING out efficiency is raised and wastage reduced with a newly available range of feed trailers imported from the Philippines by Winton Stock Feed, Southland. The company makes them there in its own factory.

The Federated Farmers Grain & Seed led feed operation, which will have shipped some 220,000 small bale equivalents from the South Island, may soon be approaching an end. With demand beginning to slow, Federated Farmers is concerned some farmers may be over-estimating pasture recovery following rain.

THE FONTERRA Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on February 5 shows a solid rise in the GDT Trade Weighted Index (TWI) which takes in the basket of our dairy products, up 2.4% from the previous auction.

OPTIMUM FEEDING is a balance between the quantity of available feed and the quality of that feed.

Metabolisable energy (ME) is still the best feed quality descriptor for New Zealand dairy farmers, says DairyNZ's principal scientist, Dr John Roche.

GET THE calculator out and don’t leave it to guesswork when planning winter feed crops for next year.

Animal nutrition specialist SealesWinslow is expanding its footprint with a multi-million dollar feedmill development in Wanganui.

Animal nutrition specialist SealesWinslow is expanding its footprint with a multi-million dollar feedmill development in Wanganui.

FONTERRA FARMERS can now mix and order supplementary feed blends online through the co-op subsidiary RD1.