THE MATTER of who will take on the family farm can be a huge source of worry and family tension in rural communities, which is why the Federated Farmers Dairy group, with  Lewis’ Barristers & Solicitors and Craigs Investment Partners, is holding a succession planning seminar on June 18. 

DAIRYNZ PLANS to run a trial on its research farm near Hamilton to see how much water they use and when they use it.

SOCIAL MEDIA have thrust farmers into customers’ and consumers’ spotlights, revealing how food is produced and the resources used to produce it. 

HIGH DEMAND and successive years of low production has created a fodder supply shortage in Australia’s dairying regions, creating headaches for farmers sourcing feed.

UK DAIRY farmers are unhappy with calls for controls of milk supplies in the EU beyond 2015.

THE MOVE by DairyNZ to take a close look at water usage on its dairy farm in the Waikato is timely and shows good scientific leadership in this area. 

IAN PROUDFOOT’S article in the last Dairy News ((May 28) deserves a response, particularly as his claims on biosecurity funding cuts are completely wrong.

FONTERRA FARMER shareholders have shown interest in an offer to sell the economic rights to their shares, with about 20% taking up the company’s supply offer. 

SHAUN AND Fiona Kehely had been discussing building a Herd Home on their dairy farm for nearly five years and after two years in the building the first cows used it in early April.

MIXED PASTURE species may be another tool some farmers can use to reduce the amount of nitrogen their cows put on pastures through their urine, says a DairyNZ senior scientist.