Dairy Womens Network will hold its annual meeting this week with the theme celebrating success and reward for hard work.

The dairy industry has unveiled a new joint workplace action to attract skilled workers.

Dairy farmers in Otago and Southland have taken a hit from unseasonal high winds that have demolished haybarns and generally disrupted their farming.

Federated Farmers dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says he's intrigued at the way most other countries deal with environmental issues on dairy farms.