Milk tankers have started rolling out of Northland this week while the remaining Fonterra manufacturing sites are in the final stages of a $100 million maintenance upgrade.

GOAT FARMERS’ commitment to use the proposed Innovation Waikato product-development spray dryer was the fillip needed to gain Government funding for the project, says chairman Michael Spaans.

FARMERS SHOULD try playing the role of a cow says an independent specialist in milking systems, Mel Eden

MILKING COWS is just like dancing, says a leading dairy consultant, Josh Wheeler.

A "global dairy crisis" could be good for New Zealand dairy farmers, says Federated Farmers.

OWAKA HERD manager Shane Bichan gained fresh vision of farming from AgITO’s South Island ‘Farming to Succeed’ sponsored by FIL New Zealand. 

METABOLIC DISEASES are complex disorders that occur when the cow’s ability to adjust to a major change (e.g. calving) is compromised. They have been a persistent problem for farmers for centuries, milk fever first being documented in 1793 in Germany and ketosis reported in the USA as early as 1849.

Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre this week is hosting 25 Primary Industry Trades Academy (PITA) students at its Wairarapa Campus for a full week of practical skills training.

Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ) shows there were 13 more farm sales (+3.3%) for the three months ended June 2012 than for the three months ended June 2011.

A Farm Succession Summit at Massey University tomorrow and Saturday will bring together leading researchers and stakeholders from New Zealand and around the world.