新西兰英语 181 Dairy Farmers

Dairy farmers are having a tough time during the recession because of the high Kiwi dollar. Last year, the dairy company Fonterra paid farmers more than $7 for a kilo of milk solids. This year they will probably get $5.20. They will know next month h

Better Conditions Make for Happier Cows and Farmers

Better Conditions Make for Happier Cows and Farmers It turns out that happy cows produce better milk. The finding is not new. The California Milk Advisory Board has been saying it for years. But now a team of researchers, working with the University

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Wisconsin's Dairy Farmers, Tariffs Could Reshape The Race For The Senate

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: As the 2018 midterms approach, there's one issue that threatens to separate President Trump from his base - tariffs. (SOUNDBITE OF COWS MOOING) GARCIA-NAVARRO: Those are the cows of Vision-Aire Farms in Eldorado, Wis. This

新西兰英语 752 Drought in North Island

There has been no rain for months now in most of the North Island. This summer has been hotter than usual with record sunshine hours. For people on holiday, this has been the best summer for many years. However, for farmers it has been terrible. No r

新西兰英语 771 Budget money for water storage

First, listen to March 4th 2013 to hear about drought on farms this past summer. The Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy said that in the long term the government wants to invest $400m in regional water irrigation. In the short term, the Budg

新西兰英语 738 Hot, dry summer

Parts of New Zealand have had an unusually hot, dry summer so far. In the North Island, the east coast and central areas have had temperatures in the low 30s or high 20s. This is the same for most of the South Island, except for the West Coast. The W

新西兰英语 726 Strange summer weather

Those of us who live in New Zealand know that we can have warm days in winter and cold days in summer. We also know that the weather in the north can be entirely different from the weather in the south. Likewise, the weather in the west is often the

VOA慢速英语2009-Agriculture Report - Letting a Robot Milk Your C

This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Technology is making life easier for some dairy farmers. They use robotic systems to milk their cows. These systems are designed to reduce labor and increase milk production. Here is how they work:

美国国家公共电台 NPR When Robots Milk Cows, Farm Families Taste Freedom

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: On a growing number of dairy farms, people don't decide when the cows need to be milked. The cows do. That's because farmers have called in robots to do the milking - day or night. And for some families - the ones that run small d

美国国家公共电台 NPR Why Ditching NAFTA Could Hurt America's Farmers More Than Mexico's

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The trade of food between the U.S. and Mexico has exploded over the past 15 years. Mexican fruit and vegetables come here while things like American corn and milk powder go the other way. President Trump has talked about restrict

新西兰英语 620 Fonterra Trading Scheme

The milk company, Fonterra, is a co-operative of farmers. The dairy farmers who send their milk to Fonterra for processing, all own the company. Big farms have more shares than small farms. Two years ago, Fonterra introduced the idea of a Farmers Tra

新西兰英语 183 No public shares for Fonterra

Dairy farmers have voted not to allow Fonterra to list shares on the sharemarket. Fonterra is owned by dairy farmers in a co-operative. The company controls 92% of all the milk produced in New Zealand. The Fonterra Board needs more money to expand th

新西兰英语 239 Farmers buy shares in Fonterra

Fonterra is the biggest company in New Zealand and also the biggest export dairy company in the world. It is a co-operative which means that farmers own it. In fact, 10, 500 dairy farmers in New Zealand own Fonterra. Each farmer has one share for eac

新西兰英语 39 Meat Industry

The agricultural company PGG Wrightson Ltd signed an agreement today with Silver Fern Farms Ltd for the two companies to join together. Silver Fern Farms is a meat processing company which kills farm animals for meat and sells the meat in NZ and over

农业部协助处理“卖奶难”

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Sunday that it would help dairy farmers in northern China who have resorted to throwing out milk and killing their cows through lack of sales avenues. The ministry encourages dairy f

新西兰英语 229 Molesworth

The road through Molesworth high country farm is now open for the summer. It closes again at Easter. Molesworth is in the northern part of the South Island. Molesworth is the biggest farm in New Zealand. It is 180,787 hectares. It has about 10,000 be

美国国家公共电台 NPR How Canadian Dairy Farmers Escape The Global Milk Glut

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump has amended several of his positions since inauguration. One thing has remained consistent, though, Trump's belief that the United States is getting a raw deal from international trade agreements. STEVE INSKEEP, H

新西兰英语 287 Dairy Farmers feel hopeful

Fonterra said today that the 11,000 dairy farmers in their co-operative will receive an opening price of $6.60 a kg of milk solids for the 2010 / 2011 year. They will also get 30c to 50c for each share they have in the company. In fact, the price cou

新西兰英语 491 Record payout for dairy farmers

Fonterra, the huge dairy company, said that the payout to farmers for the year 2010 to 2011 will be a record high one. It was a good season, with mild weather in most places and high milk production from most farms. Fonterra is a cooperative company

新西兰英语 432 Control of Fresh Water

The Minister for the Environment, Dr Nick Smith, said today that the government will spend money on controlling our fresh water and will make some important laws. New Zealand is number 3 in the world for the amount of water per person. We have many r