by Luci | Jul 21, 2023 | Default
State farmer Pāmu is backing three national rural charities this year. Meat the Need gets $25,000, Rural Change (Will to Live) $12,500, and IHC Calf and Rural Scheme will receive 41 calves valued up to $20,000. Pāmu chief executive Mark Leslie says the company is...
by Luci | Jul 21, 2023 | Default
An Australian trial on the use of red seaweed to reduce methane emissions from livestock has delivered some positive results in the longest trial to date on cattle. The trial involved feeding the seaweed aspara gopsis to Wagyu cattle over 300 days, and it delivered a...
by Luci | Jul 21, 2023 | Default
Chicago Board of Trade wheat prices soared 8% overnight, after Ukrainian ports were hit by Russian missiles and Russia’s Ministry of Defence warned that all vessels travelling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be regarded as potential carriers of military cargo. This...
by Luci | Jul 21, 2023 | Default
The chronic staff shortage in the dairy industry has dropped from 4000 vacancies to around 2000-2500 in the post-pandemic world. DairyNZ people manager Jane Muir says job market tension is getting close to pre-pandemic levels. Around 600 jobs are being advertised on...
by Luci | Jul 20, 2023 | Default
The Government will give $90 million to Fonterra, one of New Zealand’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, to help reduce the use of coal in its dairy operations. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was supposed to announce the subsidy at Fonterra’s Hautapu site in the Waikato...
by Luci | Jul 20, 2023 | Default
The Government must enable farmers to adopt a flexible commonsense approach to exclusion of beef cattle and deer from waterways. Beef + Lamb New Zealand , Federated Farmers, and Deer Industry New Zealand have put in a joint submission on the low-slope map consultation...
