AGCO Agriculture Foundation and Heifer Netherlands partner to reduce GHG Emissions

At the centre of the two-year partnership will be a Climate-Smart dairy farming operations in Nepal chosen from hundreds of applicants for the US$250,000 grant The AGCO Agriculture Foundation (AAF), a private foundation with the vision to prevent and relieve hunger through sustainable agricultural development, has announced a USD 250,000 grantto Heifer Netherlands (Stichting Heifer Nederland). The grant is aimed […]

Dairy farmers weather global storm with strong return to profitability

Its three consecutive years of growth and profits for Dairy farmers as another good season is predicted Our local dairy industry has weathered the “severe global storm” and emerged in good shape, with the southern export sector on track to report healthy profitability for the third consecutive season. This is the finding in Rabobank’s just-released […]

Post-pandemic dairy prospects improve but it’s not the great recovery producers desire

Global COVID-19 restrictions are easing, food service sales have resumed and dairy prices look to be on the rebound but some industry analysts are warning it’s too soon to call it a global dairy market recovery. Dairy has performed better than expected throughout the pandemic’s disruption and the industry is forecasting an uptick for milk […]

NZ to pick the brains of its dairy farmers

The New Zealand government is set to pick the brains of the country’s top dairy farmers in an effort to help those struggling with the low dairy payout. Source: Stuff NZ A $175,000 study into low cost, high performing farm systems was announced by Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy at a dairy forum near Morrinsville on 5 […]