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Dairy customers around the world are demanding transparency, wanting to know about the sector's products and services, and what it is doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says foresight practitioner and strategist Melissa Clarke-Reynolds.
Reports of effluent being illegally dumped from trucks in three locations in Waikato have prompted calls for trucking companies and farmers to improve their practices.
Co-operatives Ballance AgriNutrients and Fonterra are working together to streamline data sharing to make life easier for their joint customers.
Students of Kiwitahi School near Morrinsville pulled on their gumboots and overalls to learn new rural skills in a fun Young Farmer Competition on May 2.
Dairy farmers in the upper North Island are worried they may need to unprofitably carry bobby calves through to higher weights if they can no longer be slaughtered.
Jill Walcroft says there was a certain attraction in running their own business and interacting with people as opposed to writing science papers.
A Manawatu cheesemaker has won top honours in this year's New Zealand Champion of Cheese awards.
The 2023 Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) Regional Leader of the Year says she does her work because she loves it.
The 2023 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year has one piece of advice for those looking to get into the dairy industry: Look for the opportunities.
The inaugural general manager of Rural Support Trust, Maria Shanks is no stranger to helping rural communities.
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DairyNZ is running a 'GoDairy' campaign to attract staff.
The dairy industry is urgently looking to attract more people to meet a shortage of 2,500 staff on farms, according to DairyNZ.
A milestone event for agriculture and climate change.
Golden Bay dairy farmer and Federated Farmers acting president Wayne Langford says he will put his hands up for the top job at Feds' annual meeting in July.
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