Fonterra Co-operative Group and Livestock Improvement Corporation, both farmer-owned co-operatives, are set to launch a new online farm performance tool in mid-February. According to the two co-operatives, the tool was developed in response to a request from farmers given an ever-increasing range of technology and information. A Fonterra spokesman said the tool would be subscription-based and the cost would depend on what information farmers wanted to include. The tool was trialled last August with 50 farmers. The tool would initially be available only to New Zealand farmers but as the project progressed whether it could be adapted for use outside New Zealand would be investigated, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 15, 2017 17:04 UTC