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1 week ago |
farmersweekly.co.nz | Gerhard Uys
Reading Time: 5 minutesClinton dairy farmers Mark and Madeline Anderson say a system change has been good for them, their cows and the land. The family has a long history on the farm, with their children being the sixth generation. It was originally a mixed system, until Anderson’s father shifted to dairy in 1995. The farm went through a series of expansions, adding more land, another dairy farm and more cows. By 2017 they were milking over 900 cows, up from an initial 650.
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2 weeks ago |
farmersweekly.co.nz | Gerhard Uys
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom July 1 farmers will be legally required to record the movement of raw milk to and from their farms. OSPRI’s national manager for Mycoplasma bovis, Mackenzie Nicol, said the new requirement is part of the fight against Mycoplasma bovis. Nicol said it’s known that M bovis can spread between properties when raw milk is used for cattle feed.
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2 weeks ago |
farmersweekly.co.nz | Gerhard Uys
Reading Time: 5 minutesSouthland dairy farmer David Dodunski pulls no punches when it comes to environmental stewardship. To him, it’s not optional – it’s essential. “We need to encourage fellow dairy farmers to use technology and modern science to reduce the wastage and contamination of artificial contaminants into our waterways,” Dodunski says. Dodunski is the founder of the Fortuna Group. Fortuna has 23 dairy farms, producing 7.6 million kgMS from 16,500 cows at peak milk.
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2 weeks ago |
farmersweekly.co.nz | Gerhard Uys
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe opening up of new markets by oat milk companies Boring Oat Milk and Otis Oat Milk has benefits for entire farm communities, say industry experts. Boring Oat Milk recently announced that its Original and Barista oat milk varieties will hit shelves in 953 Woolworths supermarkets in Australia, with Otis Oat Milk founder Tim Ryan saying they are specifically eyeing specialty foodservices in Japan and Taiwan for their locally grown and made oat milk.
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2 weeks ago |
farmersweekly.co.nz | Gerhard Uys
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the past eight months, 40,000 hectares of sheep and beef farms were sold to forestry entities, bringing total farm conversions to forestry to just over 300,000ha since 2017. Independent research released by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) shows farm conversions to forestry are not slowing down, with whole sheep and beef farms sold for conversion to forestry, in particular carbon farming.
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