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Farmers face 'hectic' calving with new app

A new piece of technology has been developed to help farmers record calving information in the paddock - rain, hail or shine - without carrying around a pad and pencil. Hamilton-based co-op Liv

Farming conference highlights depression in rural communities

Farmer David Hunt has spoken out about his battle with mental illness in a bid to raise awareness of the warning signs for depression in rural communities.At a FarmSafe conference in Wellington today, Mr Hunt said he chose to speak...

Fonterra sets 'wet share' price

Fonterra said it had set $7.92 as its final price for the economic right of each share that farmer shareholders can sell during the current supply offer for Trading Among Farmers.The price was calculated using the average daily...

Former Fletcher CFO joins Synlait

Former Fletcher Building chief financial officer Bill Roest has joined the board of Synlait Milk as a non-executive director.The dairy producer yesterday revealed it was considering raising capital and listing on the New Zealand...

World dairy prices drop 2.1pc (+graphic)

Prices of dairy products extended their decline from a record high as a resurgent US dollar weighed more generally on commodity prices and concerns abated about the impact of drought in the North Island.The GDT-TWI Price Index fell...

Bright Dairy to cede control of Synlait Milk in NZX listing

Chinese food giant Bright Dairy & Food will give up its controlling stake when local dairy processor Synlait Milk is listing on the stock exchange, retaining its stake without participating in the share sale.Shanghai-based Bright...

Fonterra bringing in Greenpeace ex-boss

Fonterra is flying in a veteran Australian environmentalist and former head of Greenpeace to help its farmers see the value in sustainable practices. Paul Gilding, an international business adviser, author and speaker, will headline...


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agent profile image   This is our last news posting here. We have moved to www.interest.co.nz/rural where you will find all our regular stories, all our price comparison pages, and all our rural resources. Click on this link to go there now and remember to re-set your bookmarks. We have moved and teamed-up with www.interest.co.nz because our research showed many of our readers were [...]

Dairy farmers wary this time around

agent profile image The economy is in for a $2 billion transfusion from Fonterra’s forecast of a potential record 2010-11 season payout of “well over $8″ – but the patient is being warned not to party up large again.  Yesterday Fonterra startled the industry and financial circles by following up a respectable opening forecast payout of $6.90-$7.10/kg milksolids for [...]

Primary sector research funding announced

agent profile image The latest round of Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) funding has been spread across forestry, merino wool and arable farming organisations. Agriculture and Forestry Minister David Carter said today $20 million would be split between the New Zealand Forest Owners Association, the Foundation for Arable Research and the New Zealand Merino Company (NZMC) reports The ODT. At [...]

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