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Organic farming key to climate-friendly practices

Could organic farming reduce agricultural emissions enough to be viable?

"We already have low-emission climate-friendly farming practices – it's called organic farming," says Marion Thomson, co-chair of Soil & Health.

Ravensdown’s spring super cap worth $1.3 million to farmers

Greg Campbell, Ravensdown chief executive.

Ravensdown returned savings of about $1.3 million to its farmers.

Oasis in dairy paddocks

The Ngai Tāhu Farming project shows there are "means and ways" to restore natural biodiversity into a dairy farming environment.

A new study is showing dairy and conservation sites can co-exist, and its findings are contributing to an ongoing project restoring natural biodiversity into a dairy farming environment.

Dairy Woman of the Year reflects on role

Current Dairy Woman of the Year Katie Milne.

Dairy Women's Network will be taking nominations for the 2016 Dairy Woman of the Year Award from 1 February until 11 March, 2016.

Dairy awards receives 452 entries

New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards for last year.

A total of 452 entries have been received in the 2016 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards, a pleasing result given the industry's economic climate.

Fonterra and Bellamy’s team up in Australia

Fonterra managing director Oceania Judith Swales.

Fonterra Australia and Bellamy's Australia Limited are entering a five year, multi-million dollar strategic agreement to manufacture a range of new baby nutritional powders.

MPI ‘appalled’ by bobby calf treatment

MPI deputy director general regulation and assurance Scott Gallacher says the nature of the footage aired on the programme was unacceptable.

The Ministry for Primary Industries is investigating the alleged mistreatment of bobby calves that were the subject of a television programme last night following receipt of footage that was aired on the programme.

Shock at bobby practices of small minority

Both DairyNZ and Federated Farmers have spoken out against the practices.

The bobby calf care practices revealed in a video by an animal rights group have appalled dairy industry bodies.

Dig deep to sort water supply integrity

The consumer can't be there to see how clean your shed so it makes sense to reduce risks to human health from nasties such as E. coli in water.

Imagine you are new on a property and your dairy inspector has tested your farm dairy water and placed you on temporary water exclusion, or perhaps you have been on water exclusion for years.