The World Has Reached Peak Chicken, Peak Rice, And Peak Milk We no longer have the ability to harvest from the Earth at ever-increasing rates. What does that mean for the future of the food supply? We still haven’t reached peak oil. But peak milk happened in 2004, peak soybeans in 2009, and peak […]
MPI – Ludicrous decision to ignore popular petition in face of global market demand for safer food. By Jodie Bruning A petition was quietly shelved by MPI. Mainstream media ignored it, so farmers don’t know. Yet the petition for zero pesticides in baby food raises international food safety issues that must be addressed in order […]
Farmers urged to have their say on future plans for fighting bovine TB New Zealand cattle and deer farmers are being urged to get involved in how the fight against bovine TB is carried out, with a review of the Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Plan underway. Since the start of 2000, New Zealand has spent […]
Many of the resources we take for granted in New Zealand schools are scarce in the Cook Islands, says Lincoln University ecology professor Steve Wratten. Following a recent trip to Rarotonga to talk about sustainable fruit and vegetable production, Professor Wratten was able to give 10 of Lincoln University’s binocular microscopes and lamps to the […]
LU-Mg Growing You.jpg: Workshop participants. Dr Charles Merfield jpg: Dr Charles Merfield addresses the workshop. Photo credits: David Hollander. A collaborative workshop to help food producers gain specialist knowledge and skills was held at Lincoln University yesterday. Entitled “Growing You”, it is part of a series covering topics such as sustainable weed management and sustainable […]
Keen to experience the Chinese dairy market first-hand, 14 northern Victorian dairy farmers visited the world’s largest dairy market last month. On the week-long trip, the members from the Rochester Dairy Business Network and local Rabobank operations followed the supply chain from Australia to China. Rabobank senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey said the tour was […]
Monday, 4 May 2015, Press Release: New Zealand Diary Industry Awards Trust Dairy Awards Winners Lead Profitability Charge The winners of the 2015 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are ahead of the game in driving profitability on farms, during a forecast period of low milk payouts. At Auckland’s Sky City Hotel last night, Justin and […]
Recent decreases in international dairy prices and the 2014/15 milk price payout projection reflect the slow pace of the rebalancing that is taking place in global dairy markets, agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank said today. Rabobank New Zealand CEO Ben Russell said the current market price forecast will negatively impact New Zealand dairy farmer cash flow […]
Media Release 7 May 2015 The Bio-Protection Research Centre – a Centre of Research Excellence located at Lincoln University – has had its funding confirmed for another five years, by the Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, today. Established in 2003, the Bio-Protection Research Centre’s (BPRC) primary goal is to strengthen […]
Media Release 7 May 2015 The Kumara community will have an opportunity to provide feedback and learn about the planned Waimea-Kawaka aerial bovine TB control operation at a public meeting on 12 May. OSPRI staff, contractors and farmers will be on hand to answer questions about the operation and explain what the TBfree programme aims […]