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Dominico Zapata/stuff Dairy farmer George Moss uses a computer programme called Overseer to monitor his carbon emissions and nitrate use on his farm near Tokoroa, Waikato. A new study shows New Zealand dairy has the lowest carbon footprint of 18 countries looked at, including the US, Denmark and the Netherlands. The study, which was commissioned by DairyNZ, produced by AgResearch and peer-reviewed by an international specialist in Ireland, re-calculated on-farm emissions from 25 previous studies, carried out in various milk-producing countries. It did not take into account emissions from lan...

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• Source:  1 NEWS As the pandemic rages overseas, there’s been some good news for foreign workers here with the Government extending working holiday visas and employer-assisted visas. Your playlist will load after this ad Employer-assisted visas have also been extended. Source: 1 NEWS The announcement is expected to help nearly 100,000 people like café worker Lior Dvash. “Pretty relieved, ecstatic, it's just really stressfu...

Dairy's record milksolids production in a challenging year 16 Dec, 2020 08:17 PM 4 minutes to read Te Awamutu Courier The annual New Zealand Dairy Statistics publication released last week shows another record year for New Zealand's dairy sector, with total milksolids production at a record high. The DairyNZ and Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) statistics show that in the 2019-20 season, New Zealand dairy companies processed 21.1 billion litres of milk containing 1.90 billion kilograms of milksolids (kg MS). This is a 0.6 per cent increase in milksolids from the previous season. Averag...

The Country - Sailing edition Quick Read The Country Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay celebrated the America's Cup World Series in Auckland by playing sailing tunes. On with the show: Katie Milne: The first female president of Federated Farmers, who stepped aside mid-year, casts her eye over 2020 and nominates her Ag Person of the Year. Advertisement Judith Collins: National's leader looks back on a turbulent 2020 and admits her ascension to the top job was a hospital pass. She also takes the opportunity to condemn Trevor Mallard's recent behaviour. Doug Avery and Shane McManaway: Today's p...