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The winners have been announced in the 2010 Northland Dairy Industry Awards, with Mangatapere sharemilkers Kent and Jennifer Martin taking out the top award
Orini Downs Farm is, says Farm Manager Harry Rich, going through a development stage and he believes if the technology to make life easier is available, then it should be used
Condition scoring has become an essential tool in the dairy farmer's toolbox. As an assessment framework it is critical to the wellbeing and production of dairy cows
Switching careers has paid off for a former motor mechanic and nurse, with Shayne and Rochelle Hutchinson winning the 2010 Manawatu Rangitikei Horowhenua Sharemilker of the Year title
Dairy farmers will now give effect to the Animal Welfare (Dairy Cattle) Code of Welfare 2010 (Code)
The long summer dry has delivered a round of challenges for Northland farmers – drought, lower pasture growth, facial eczema spore counts on the rise – and now crickets
Entering the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has made the 2010 Taranaki Sharemilkers of the Year Greg and Hannah Topless’ sharemilking business more successful
Strong price rises for key fertiliser commodities overseas have started to manifest themselves on New Zealand farms, with Ballance Agri-Nutrients lifting its DAP price, effective from 20 February 2010
The Government's voluntary bonding scheme for veterinarians is to be expanded to cover all practices that deal with production animals, Agriculture Minister David Carter announced on Wednesday
New research in the United States has found that organic dairy producers produce about 13% less milk on average compared to farmers using conventional methods
Thank you for visiting 'The Cow Shed'. We are pleased to welcome dairy expert Fred Lunjevich to the Rural Trader team. Read here about Fred's background...
Organic farming - all it's cranked up to be?
There are a number of claims made about organic farming (and against conventional methods) that just aren't true
Isn't it odd that many people support their belief in organic food with notions that it somehow can avoid chemical inputs?
If you've been following the mythbusting to this point, you will have discovered that the truth about organic crops and pesticides is exactly the opposite of what many claim
To round off my rational assault on organic farming I will just add a few parting shots that will hopefully provide you with things to look our for in marketing and popular claims to reality
It has been and will be a few big weeks for Fonterra. This week, NZ's dairy giant announces its annual results and answers the question all Fonterra shareholders are asking – how much do I get?
Just when you thought they had learned their lessons we find they're at it again, this time, the sixth conviction in the past 8 years for irresponsible discharging of effluent
Dairy futures. Say that to the average person on the street and they think you're trying to con them into some dodgey financial scam
While I'm considered a “city slicker” my folks are very much cockies. So when the family convenes around holiday time the inevitable topic of conversation is always “the bloody dollar"
It appears that my call for farmers to invest in currency isn’t such a popular idea. In fact, such speculation is claimed to be the problem in the first place
So after what can only be described as a “challenging year”, farmers are getting to see some returns on their investment in Fonterra shares
It has been established that much of the cheddar sold on Tesco, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury shelves have originated from Ireland, Latvia and New Zealand. More than 40% in fact
Emissions trading. It's a fairly simple idea and a political hot potato for sure. Who would want to be Nick Smith at this time?
The idea of housing cattle and keeping them from harsh elements is not new, but the proposals put forward for the Canterbury farms has intensive farming as the major objective
As 2009 ticked over into 2010 not so long ago I wonder how many farmers were reminiscing of the good times had last year
Has the world gone mad? We've all heard someone say that before, maybe we've uttered that line ourselves
Sometimes it is worth the mental exercise to ask: what makes farming profitable? The amount of answers to this could literally number in the hundreds
We live in a golden age of farming – we know more about how to maximise yields from available land and ways in which we can make more money from land assets
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