AGRICULTURE - MSC NewsWire

Allflex introduces cow monitoring solution for beef farms

Allflex Livestock Intelligence, an Antelliq brand, has introduced the SenseTime Beef cow monitoring solution.

Source A Feedstuffs release

Synlait increses 2017/2018 forecast milk price

Synlait Milk’s (NZX: SML; ASX: SM1) forecast base milk price for the 2017 / 2018 season has increased from $6.50 kgMS to $6.65 kgMS.

Source A Synlait release

Co-op churns out West Coast gold

Independent milk processor Westland Milk has proven consumers’ key role in the company’s developing business strategies now the number three seller in the North Island.

M bovis: How did we get here?

Farmers at the mycoplasma bovis meeting in Napier.

A RadioNZ Analysis on the Mbovis situation - Everyone's been playing catch-up since the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak - and everyone's blamed each other.

Source/ReadMore A RadioNZ release

Cow plan relies on flawed tracking system

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister for Primary Industries, Damien O'Connor announce the plan to eradicate M. Bovis.

The Government plans to eradicate mycoplasma bovis over 10 years, but will start by allowing mass stock movements from Friday that rely on a discredited tracking system, Thomas Coughlan reports for Newsroom.

Source/ReadMore A Newsroom release

Sheep and Beef welcomes agreement to start NZ-EU negotiation

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) and the Meat Industry Association (MIA) welcome the start of the New Zealand-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations following the agreement from all European Union Member States on the negotiating mandate.

Source/ReadMore A Meat Industry association release

Fonterra announces strong forecast farmgate milk price for 2018/19 season

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today announced an opening forecast Farmgate Milk Price of $7.00 per kgMS for the 2018/19 season.

Challenges and urgent solutions needed for NZ agritech

New Zealand’s agri sector is facing challenges that require urgent solutions, the inaugural executive director of the new Agritech New Zealand organisation Peter Wren-Hilton says.

Source/ReadMore A MakeLemonade Release

Deer farmers improving water quality

To keep waterways clean, deer farmers are fencing their deer out of streams and taking measures to keep valuable soil where it belongs – on the farm, growing grass.

Source/ReadMore A Deer IndustryNZ release

Research proves value of traceability in dairy industry

New research by Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Melissa Welsh has the potential to transform New Zealand’s dairy industry by improving the traceability of products moving through the supply chain.

Source/ReadMore A Victoria University release

New Zealand can do better in the world of agritech

because it has such great potential for its agriculture industry and monetising big tech investment offshore, a San Diego-based Kiwi from Wellington says.

No MPI plans for extra cattle movement restrictions on Gypsy Day

Changing farms on so-called Gypsy Day, when large numbers of farmers shift stock, requires extra precaution because of Mycoplasma bovis but the Ministry for Primary Industries won't prevent animal movements beyond the 300 or so farms under some form of