Dairy product prices halt slide in GDT auction, rise 1.1%

Prices of dairy products rose in Fonterra Co-operative Group’s latest GlobalDairyTrade auction, snapping three straight declines as prices rose for skim and whole milk powder.

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Fieldays video: Positive vibe at Mystery Creek

There was a positive vibe at National Fieldays at Mystery Creek, with the Fonterra announcement of a $7 forecast payout giving the industry more confidence, Prime Minister John Key said.

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Pulpit - Greens’ Taranaki claims poppycock

What we saw on TV3’s Campbell Live about landfarming in Taranaki and then got from a Green Party media release was straight out of the conspiracy theorists’ playbook.

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Bold new path with deer milk

John and Mary Falconer are on track to become the world’s first commercial deer dairy farmers, after a successful trial.

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Veritide seeing the light on bacteria

An “optical beast” is being developed in Christchurch to detect food bacteria instantly. Tim Fulton reports.

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Southerly blast hazardous

Metservice has issued a severe weather warning for much of the South Island and central North Island.

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