Farmers attending today's DairyNZ Farmers' Forum at Hamilton's Mystery Creek Events Centre got a sneak preview of the industry's new online people management tool.

LIC says farmer resilience after hard times is reflected in its record performance for the 2010/2011 year.

The recent move by NZ Animal Evaluation (NZAEL) to withdraw genomic information for dairy sires has been criticised by farmer-owned cooperative, LIC.

The 2008/9 season was an annus horribilis for the nation's 11,618 dairy farms. In that season, 11,618 farmers under the Commodities Levy Act paid a levy to the industry good body, DairyNZ. It's considerably fewer than the 17,244 quoted in the Dominion Post yesterday and was not an auspicious start to a piece that has done a great injustice to farmers and to the understanding of basic commerce and accounting.

THE DAIRY industry is rejecting Labour’s claim dairy farmers are paying less tax than the average wage earner.