SIDE 2024 organisers have secured some key speakers for the event. Here are four of the keynote speakers:

Registrations are quickly filling up for the South Island Dairy Event (SIDE), New Zealand’s largest dairy conference.

In 2018, faced with a Salmonella outbreak among his calves and the effects of the subsequent vaccination, Waikato dairy farmer Cole Townsend turned to social media for a solution.

Pat and Shelley Schnuriger’s resolve to reduce their Holstein Friesian herd to 100 cows has proven its worth, with an exceptional percow production backing up their decision.

The New Zealand dairy industry needs more technology managers as much as they need staff on the ground who can milk cows, says a leading Waikato dairy farming family.

Industry-led farm safety group Safer Farms has teamed up with its member organisations to highlight safety initiatives at the Fieldays at Mystery Creek this week.

DairyNZ’s online platform DairyBase, which helps farmers drive profit and identify positive changes for their farm business, is celebating its 20th  year at the Fieldays this week.

Building on their groundbreaking work in mastitis prevention, FIL, a subsidiary of GEA Farm Technologies New Zealand, is collaborating with Farm Medix to introduce innovative solutions to enhance milk quality, improve profitability, and combat anti-microbial resistance (AMR).

OPINION: Few people have any idea of the huge contribution Jock Allison made to agriculture and to science.

OPINION: A $130 million loan from major shareholder Bright Dairy will only keep the lights on at Synlait for so long.