AI and citizen science
14 January 2019
Farmers have a vital role in improving degraded water quality and water monitoring, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research environmental scientist Dr Rebecca Stott says.
DAIRY ARCHIVES
Diversity in tourism
14 January 2019
Every day at 2pm Jock and Jade Nolan throw open the gates of their West Coast dairy farm to tourists wanting to get a first-hand look at cows being milked.
Helping others succeed
14 January 2019
Leadership starts with self for the 2018 Dairy Woman of the Year Loshni Manikam. Tim Fulton reports.
Finding joy in farming
14 January 2019
Paige Hocking was advised not go farming because she suffers from depression. She shares her story.
Synlait’s licence for China exports renewed
14 January 2019
Synlait Milk said registration of its Dunsandel plant in the South Island has been renewed by Chinese authorities for another four years.
Report shows dairy’s role in economy
11 January 2019
The dairy industry has commissioned and released a valuable report on its scale and importance that should be widely used by dairy leaders, Federated Farmers dairy chairman Chris Lewis says.
GDT recovery steadies farmgate price forecasts
9 January 2019
Increases in world dairy prices for three Global Dairy Trade auctions in a row through December and January have steadied the floor under New Zealand’s farmgate milk prices for this season of $6/kg milksolids.
Dairy lags in farm sale figures
9 January 2019
Farm sales picked up towards the end of last year, but dairy activity still lags and there are signs of switches in land use in some regions, including Northland, Bay of Plenty/Rotorua/Taupo, and Manawatu/Wanganui/Wairarapa, the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand says.
M bovis eradication looks more likely
18 December 2018
The Government is increasingly optimistic Mycoplasma bovis can be eradicated.
Its Technical Advisory Group says substantial progress has been made.
Farming sustainably
17 December 2018
Tiaki, the sustainable dairying programme launched by Fonterra last year, is ticking all the boxes for farmers.
The programme, which helps farmers farm in more sustainable ways, has been in place for a year.
