New regulations which started at the weekend require for the first time significant water takes to be metered, as part of a wider programme to improve fresh water management.

IrrigationNZ will team up with Synlait on November to host a pilot workshop for farm staff who operate irrigation systems. It will cover the skills and knowledge needed for "high performing irrigation," says IrrigationNZ chief executive Andrew Curtis.

Canterbury-based dairy enterprise Synlait Farms clinched the Lincoln University Foundation's South Island Farmer of the Year competition for 2012 last night (Thursday, November 8).

Secrets to milking even smarter will be revealed at 10 new-format DairyNZ Milksmart events being held nationwide over the next few months.

Three of New Zealand's leading experts in cow nutrition will provide the hard facts on feed at two DairyNZ events in Canterbury this month.

A FONTERRA scientist Dr Jeremy Hill has been elected president of the International Dairy Federation (IDF), the first New Zealander to hold that role in its 109-year history. Hill is director, research science technology and development, at Fonterra.

Fonterra has today signed an investment agreement with Yutian County, to develop two more large-scale dairy farms in Hebei Province.

The biggest number of entries on the first day have been received for the 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

SEVEN MONTHS ago South Taranaki dairy farmer David Werder was standing in a paddock amongst twisted corrugated roofing that had been a hay barn. Today two new barns are up and his farming operation is back to normal.

WHAKATANE farmer Douglas Bull makes no apologies for being a champion of dairy cooperatives.

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