Lameness In Ruminants Addressed In NZ
NEW ZEALAND - The 16th Symposium and 8th Conference on lameness in ruminants will be held in New Zealand between 28th February and 3rd March 2011.

No Bull - The Importance Of Free TB Testing
NEW ZEALAND - The Animal Health Board (AHB) is reminding farmers to ensure service bulls are tested for bovine tuberculosis (TB) before they arrive on the farm. The AHB provides a TB test at no cost to the farmer for all bulls aged over 12 months that...

Dairy-Grazing Studies To Be Shown At Field Day
US - Milk producers interested in pasture-based dairies have a special tour at the annual field day, September 10, at the University of Missouri (MU)Southwest Research Centre in Lawrence County.

New Export Record Set By Dairy Giant Fonterra
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has set a new export record, sending 2.1 million metric tonnes of product to international markets for the first time in its nine-year history.

Dairy Confidence Up, But Beef Cautious
NEW ZEALAND - The latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence survey in New Zealand shows farmer confidence increasing for the fourth consecutive quarter.

$170m Programme To Transform Dairy Industry
NEW ZEALAND - Industry-good body DairyNZ and Fonterra said today (17 August) that the creation of a NZ$170 million research programme through the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) would help drive transformational change in the dairy industry.

Promoting The Dairy Industry To New Zealanders
NEW ZEALAND - DairyNZ says its new Go Dairy campaign is a significant change in direction and is aimed at showing New Zealanders how much they have to be proud of in the country’s dairy industry.

Funding Boosts TB Research
NEW ZEALAND - Bovine tuberculosis (TB) research has received a boost with the award of a grant of $750,000 per annum for five years to AgResearch’s TB Immunology and Animal Health team from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.

Tackling Effluent Issues
NEW ZEALAND - Fonterra has launched a major new initiative designed to bring about a substantial reduction in non-compliance with regional council dairy effluent rules.

Reducing The Use Of Induction
NEW ZEALAND - The dairy industry is confident a programme it has in place to reduce the use of inductions will lead to a phase out of the practice, which it says is carried out by only a minority of farmers.

Timely Review Of Regulated Raw Milk Criteria
NEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers is disappointed that the Government is extending the pro-competitive triggers built into the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA).

2.1 Million Investment Into Animal Health
NEW ZEALAND - The Foundation is investing $2.1 million into New Zealand company Argenta Ltd to support the development of an improved device to administer multiple doses of drugs to sheep and cattle.

NZ to Help Thai Dairy Industry
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand is to help Thailand develop its dairy industry.

NZ Dairy Looks To China For Capital Investment
NEW ZEALAND - Bright Dairy & Food Co Limited of China have taken a 51 per cent stake in New Zealand, Synlait Milk.

Dairy Expansion Drives Drop in Meat Export Production
NEW ZEALAND - Growth in dairy cow numbers has been the major factor driving reduced breeding ewe numbers and lowered lamb and mutton export production for 2009-10, says Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Economic Service Executive Director, Rob Davison.

MAF Biosecurity Renews FMD Antigen Contract
NEW ZEALAND - MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has extended its contract with a French manufacturer of Foot and Mouth (FMD) disease antigen and vaccine.

DIAA Cheese Science At IDF World Dairy Summit 2010
NEW ZEALAND - The World Dairy Summit in Auckland, New Zealand, will feature a two-day conference on cheese science co-organised by the International Dairy Federation and the Dairy Industry Association of Australia (DIAA).

Fonterra Shareholders Vote For Change
NEW ZEALAND - Fonterra shareholders have today (30 June) voted overwhelmingly in favour of changes to the Co-operative’s constitution that will allow share trading among farmers.

High Dairy Prices Will Fall, But Not Immediately
NEW ZEALAND - While global dairy prices are expected to ease from current highs – as world supply builds and demand growth begins to slow – the drop is unlikely to be rapid or to occur until later in the year, according to a recently-released Rabobank...

Pastoral Agriculture Is NZ's Selling Point
NEW ZEALAND - Fonterra Cooperative Group Chairman, Sir Henry van der Heyden, has agreed with Federated Farmers that agriculture is New Zealand’s unique competitive advantage