Southland cows are good at producing milk, and now it has
been proven they are also good at producing another useful
staple – electricity.

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Scientists are looking to Chile for a solution to controlling
a weed native to that country.

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The expansion of a Southland-devised course which helps
cash-strapped dairy farmers improve their on-farm processes
and save money ‘‘could not have come at a better time”,
Venture Southland business projects co-ordinator Scott Whyte
says.

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The addition of three further milk processing plants to
Fonterra’s Edendale factory – already the largest in the
world by volume – means Fonterra can make a wider range of
products and respond more quickly to demand, …

After decades of concentrated effort costing millions of
dollars, bovine Tb finally seems to be on the way out in
Otago and Southland.

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A Southland-devised course giving cash strapped dairy farmers
practical advice on how to improve farm processes and
finances is to be extended to other parts of the country.

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What do you get when you cross a bison bull with a beef cow?
Beefalo.

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The designer and developer of a new, high resolution device
to test whether effluent ponds are leaking says it is the
first test in New Zealand which provides farmers with
accurate scientific information.

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