LIC is embarking on a ground-breaking project aimed at breeding heat tolerant and disease resistant dairy cows for Sub-Saharan Africa, in collaboration with the global leader in precision breeding, Acceligen, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

DairyNZ chair elect Tracy Brown says working together to create and implement sensible, affordable and enduring policy has never been more important.

Synlait farmer suppliers are relieved to see the troubled milk processor on the road to recovery.

TB differential slaughter levy rates are changing with dairy animals paying $12.25/head, an increase of 75c from next month.

Out of more than 80,000 entries, Daniel Neil from Piopio has been announced as the lucky winner of the Isuzu D-MAX LX Double Cab 4WD Ute in this year’s Fieldays Ute giveaway.

The De Leeuw family has been running their dairy farm in Kaitake, Taranaki, for over 20 years.

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The future of Fonterra is assured, so long as farmer owners stay engaged in the governance of the industry and the business they collectively own.

Breeding better and more efficient sheep is the major focus of a Pāmu (formerly Landcorp) farm in the Central North Island.

Troubled milk processor Synlait has dropped plans to sell its Pokeno milk plant in Waikato. However, it will consider offloading the plant if a “compelling offer” was made.