NEWS
Changes to vet code make after-hours responsibilities clearer
Vets see AI as a help with record keeping rather than a threat to their advice.
Proof of placement and border spreading key for compliance
Proof of placement and border spreading technology help farmers meet compliance without wasting product.
Hop extract for weight management takes up to 10% of hop crop
Only one of 1000 plant extracts tested triggered the appetite hormone, and it came from hops.
Beef + Lamb NZ on making New Zealand’s case on lamb in Washington
B+LNZ chair Kate Acland went to Washington, where the commission will decide in mid-November whether imports have injured US producers.
What Synlait’s new chief executive will need to fix
Last season Synlait’s revenue did not cover its cost of milk and manufacturing.
What are the new farm plastics collection changes?
Farmers will no longer pay separately to have bale wrap, agrichemical containers and fertiliser bags.
DairyNZ encourages farmers to set El Niño trigger points now
Southland is too wet and parts of Northland and Canterbury are drying out ahead of El Niño.
Dairy graduate programme puts up to eight graduates on farms
Up to 70 unpaid presenters take part each year, with Rabobank as gold sponsor.
Holiday buying lifts whole milk powder 4.4% at dairy auction
North Asia bought 51% of the product on offer, a share not seen in quite a few auctions.
Federated Farmers and Feilding High write to minister on ag
Feilding High School students can study agriculture from year 9 to year 13, and year 11 is part of it.