Work begins on adding cream plant
Building teams are making a start on Fonterra’s $150 million new UHT cream plant at its Edendale milk processing site in Southland.
Dairy
Fonterra dumps coal in bid to slash emissions
Fonterra dumps coal in bid to slash emissions
Fonterra is putting a choke hold on polluting coal boilers with a $64 million conversion to wood pellets at its South Canterbury milk processing site to be completed next year.‘Working smarter’ key to attracting staff
‘Working smarter’ key to attracting staff
Technology can help dairy farmers attract and retain staff but efficiency improvements can vary between milking systems, a scientist says.Smart collars reduce working hours
Smart collars reduce working hours
Maungatua Dairies sharemilker Cameron Edgecombe put smart collars on his cows in spring to gain a better work-life balance and improve his herd's reproductive performance.
Red Meat
'Emotional time' as Timaru meat works closes its doors
Alliance says it will be an "emotional time" for the 55 remaining meat workers at its Smithfield plant in Timaru today, as it prepares to shut its doors after 138 years.
Fewer lambs in the South
Fewer lambs in the South
Preliminary figures from a Beef + Lamb New Zealand report indicates fewer lambs were born in the South this year compared to last year.Fewer lambs to affect supply
Fewer lambs to affect supply
The lamb crop is down by about one million, led by a South Island decline as a shrinking ewe flock and decrease in the lambing percentage takes a toll.Limousin steer sets record price
Limousin steer sets record price
A farming couple just outside of Ashburton are understood to have set a record prime cattle price after breaking the $4 a kilogram liveweight barrier with a Limousin steer.
Horticulture
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Lack of contact after quake fuelling worries
Vanuatuan orchard workers across Central Otago have been unable to reach their loved ones back home after the earthquake that stuck the country on Tuesday.
‘Tuning’ session for harvesters
‘Tuning’ session for harvesters
Growers are losing vast sums of wheat, barley and other crops being left in paddocks each year from combine harvesters failing to be correctly tuned.Future Fields arable strategy launched
Future Fields arable strategy launched
Arable leaders have written up a new strategy to give cropping farmers the skills, quality assurance and infrastructure for their future growth and profitability.New apricot varieties to lengthen season
New apricot varieties to lengthen season
Central Otago apricots may soon be available before Christmas and through into March as the next step is taken in the development of new varieties.
People
High Country farmer Colin Drummond dies
Prominent Canterbury farming leader Colin Drummond from Erewhon Station has died.
A quick learner with sheep
A quick learner with sheep
He knew nothing about sheep when he landed in New Zealand.Deer scientist off to new pastures
Deer scientist off to new pastures
Dunedin deer scientist Jamie Ward is calling time on a nearly 30-year career.Satisfaction comes from food growth
Satisfaction comes from food growth
A Canterbury farmer hasn’t been shy about taking up opportunities across the many walks of farming life, writes Tim Cronshaw.
Rural Events
Staff members celebrate 75 years of research
Research at Invermay Agricultural Centre for the past 25 years was the focus of a reunion near Mosgiel, an organiser says.
Community celebrates rural champions
Community celebrates rural champions
Otago Daily Times Rural Life champions Steve and Tracy Henderson celebrate their win with a community gathering on their Awarua farm last Thursday night.Electrification advocate wins green award
Electrification advocate wins green award
He has presented at more than 100 events, welcomed more than 12,000 visitors to his all-electric orchard near Cromwell and made close to 100 media appearances — and that is just this year.Meet with farmers lives up to name
Meet with farmers lives up to name
If restoring confidence in farmers was the goal, Prime Minister Chris Luxon and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay more than succeeded at their public meeting in the South.
