Production
Alliance turns to farmer-shareholders to bolster finances
Co-op adjusts shareholding requirements to process stock.
On-farm cost inflation has calmed down
Unbridled increases ended their wild ride in 2023, latest data shows.
Alliance welcomes new chair as Taggart retires
Mark Wynne to assume post in constitutionally mandated changing of guard.
Future shock: modelling disasters for ag
Think tank’s scenario exercise homes in on threat from alternative proteins.
Production by numbers
An AgResearch team is using methylomes for aging that may help with identifying animals’ productive rates. The scientists have developed a livestock clock that can accurately predict an animal’s age within the four key livestock species.
Harvest hit by early rains
A spell of ideal harvesting weather has been welcomed but Canterbury cropping farmers are counting the cost of the extended wet period in December that is denting crop yields.
Chatham Rock moves to dicalcium phosphate production
Chatham Rock Phosphate says it will progress a prefeasibility study for the production of dicalcium phosphate (DCP), from its Korella phosphate projects in Queensland.
China power restrictions impact chemical production
Farmers are being advised to consider alternative cropping options as prospects for an easing of agri-chem shortages dim, thanks to Chinese energy restrictions and the global shipping crisis rolling into the new year.
Fonterra revises milk collection forecast
Variable weather and challenging growing conditions has led to Fonterra revising its milk collection forecast from 1525 million kg milksolids to 1500m kg MS for the 2021-22 season.
Lambing percentages up, but births below average
A record lamb crop this spring has provided a small counter for a continued decline in ewe numbers.
High hive numbers not helping production
A poor summer and continuous overstocking of beehives in some areas have contributed to a slide in honey production for the 2020-21 season, while honey exports leapt sharply from previous years.
Meat processors juggle throughput
Farmers are waiting up to three weeks for space to get stock killed as meat companies juggle throughput, labour shortages and access to shipping containers.
Dairy farmers produce ‘more from less’ in record year
New Zealand dairy farmers have set a new record for milk production, producing 1.95 billion kilograms of milksolids (MS) for the 2020-21 season.
Industry collaborates to aid covid response
The country’s largest meat processors have plans to share processing capacity should a plant be forced to close because of covid.
Cool cows produce more milk
Tropical Dairy Group (TDG) has successfully bred a cow that can handle the heat and may also help New Zealand lower its agriculture emissions.
Farmers urged offload lambs, ewes
Meat plants are opening earlier and farmers are urged to offload ewes and lambs now, rather than holding on to them to avoid looming processing backlogs.
Peak milk under way in second covid-affected season
Fonterra is facing its second consecutive season where peak milk collection is affected by covid-19.
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