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Category: Farming

Dairy farms pare costs back to the bone

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed August 3, 2016 Sally Rae

Cost-cutting measures by cash-strapped dairy farmers have
meant a further reduction in their break-even cost.

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Farmers check out challenges in Zambia

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed August 1, 2016 Sally Rae

When Nelson Hancox returned home from a trip to Zambia and
had to write a brief statement on what he had learnt, it was
not a difficult task.

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Dairy farmers in loss mode till 2019 at least

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 25, 2016 Simon Hartley

New forecasts for the ailing dairy sector are claiming
farmers may not reach the break-even payout point until 2019
– “at the earliest”.

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Kiwi’s strength hits meat returns

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 25, 2016 Simon Hartley

Red meat exporters and farmers have been warned the strength
of the New Zealand dollar may play havoc with prices and
returns this season, both trade receipts and at-the-gate
prices.

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Turning effluent into electricity

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 25, 2016 Allison Beckham

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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Dairy farm environmental rules compliance up

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 20, 2016 Otago Daily Times

Otago dairy farmers have been more compliant with
environmental rules in the past year.

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Yards ‘sold out from under us’

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 11, 2016 Sally Rae

Some Upper Clutha farmers are outraged by the sale of the
Cromwell saleyards to a property developer, labelling the
loss of the facility as a “disaster”.

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Recognition for passionate young sheep farmer

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 11, 2016 Sally Rae

Ever since he was a young lad, Will Gibson’s passion for the
farming sector has been remarkable.

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Dairy prices down at auction

Farming, Local News, NZ Herald, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 6, 2016 Otago Daily Times

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

Farming, Local News, Otago Daily Times, RSS Feed July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 Otago Daily Times

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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