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Sea lettuce shows promise
With a goal of less waste, less run-off, less nutrients entering the waterways, sea lettuce has great potential. By Elaine Fisher.
Pondstir makes effluent easy to manage
Effluent shouldn’t be a drain on your dairy farm. The right stirrer will help you to fully capitalise on this valuable resource.
Sourcing the funds
When banks won’t lend, it’s the place of other institutions to step in. By Phil Edmonds.
Taking the low-tech route
Any improvement on safety or a saving in time and effort at this time of the year is gold, writes Richard Reynolds.
Where to for world farmers?
California’s farmers face a range of issues, forcing some to abandon traditional agriculture. By Elaine Fisher.
Water rises to the top
Freshwater reforms and other recent environmental legislation have directed the focus to water, and while that will mean change, it doesn’t have to be all bad, Keri Johnston writes.
Milk without a moo
The real threat to New Zealand dairy is from alternatives in the business-to-business ingredients industry, the very same market NZ dairy thrives in. By Elaine Fisher.
Stepping up on emissions
Anne Lee reports. Photos: Debbie Henderson.
Nitrogen use drops 12%
Farmers were getting very clear signals from central and local government, customers, consumers of the need to reduce nitrogen use - even before Russia’s war in Ukraine, Karen Trebilcock reports.
Someone said I couldn’t do it
Cambridge contract milker Chloe Mackle featured in February Dairy Exporter’s Young Country section and has joined the magazine’s team of Milking Platform contributors.
Irish farmers face N limits
Ireland has strengthened nitrogen rules. Anne Lee explains them and how the system works.
Fresh and raw
When Steve and Shelli Mears, and their daughter Katie, decided to give up sharemilking, buy their first farm and sell raw milk directly to consumers, it was for the cows.