Prevention against one of New Zealand's biggest biosecurity risks – foot and mouth disease (FMD) – has been given a leg-up with specialist training in Nepal.

THE 2014 New Zealand Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Charlie and Jody McCaig, have used the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards to establish a leading farm business as well as raise their profile.

AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST dairy co-op Murray Goulburn (MG) will spend $15 million upgrading its Edith Creek plant in Tasmania, aiming to develop ‘innovative’ dairy beverages. 

AS EUROPE prepares for the removal of milk quota next April, a researcher says the “dairy expansion train has already left the station” in Ireland.

THERE ARE events and events, but the Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Maori dairy farm takes the prize in New Zealand agribusiness.

THE GOVERNMENT has charged the primary industries with the goal of doubling primary sector exports to $64 billion by 2025. The Government’s Business Growth Agenda wants to lift the percentage of primary sector exports from 30% to 40% of GDP.  

SOME OF my recent assignments have been to help businesses define their values and culture so they can be more self-directing and, as a result, self-correcting. 

A NEW, clinically proven acne treatment from Hamilton company Quantec Personal Care Ltd is based on an active derived from New Zealand cow’s milk.

WHEN IT comes to milking systems, reliability, low maintenance and efficiency are important to dairy farmer Paul Bardoul, according to milking system company Read Milking.

A NEW code of practice that outlines steps organisations must take to safeguard farmers’ data will boost the security of information, says its publisher DairyNZ.