Otago dairy farmers have been more compliant with
environmental rules in the past year.
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Author: Otago Daily Times
Dairy prices down at auction
International dairy prices edged down at the latest
GlobalDairyTrade auction, the price index falling by 0.4%
since the previous sale last month.
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‘Best in the world’ fruit in demand
The
Cromwell Basin is now producing around half of New Zealand’s
export cherries and they are “the best in the world”.
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Winter scene
The first rays of sunshine warm a mob of sheep below Mt Roy,
on the shore of Lake Wanaka, following a 4deg frost.
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Southern dairy event
Bounce Forward was the theme of last week’s South Island
Dairy Event (Side) held at ILT Stadium Southland in
Invercargill.
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Video: Fieldays shows strength of rural sector
Is the rural sector really in such a state of doom and gloom
as many would have us believe? Dominic George and Pat
Brittenden look to last week’s Fieldays to find an answer.
Tougher rules over bobby calves
Tougher rules around the treatment of bobby calves will start
before the spring calving season, but other measures on food
and shelter will be delayed until next year.
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Govt mulling options after velvetleaf outbreak
Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy says he had
“strong words” with his Italian counterpart after seeds
imported from Italy led to a potentially costly outbreak of
velvetleaf.
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Wilding conifers and Tb targeted
The primary sector did not miss out in Budget 2016 funding
but in relation to other sectors, the money was not as high
profile and it has a long lead-in time before goals will be
reached.
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Climbing robots marshalling to invade Europe
Christchurch company Invert Robotics, which uses robotics to
change the way industrial tanks are inspected, is raising
capital to expand into the European market.
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