The prosecution of a former Waikato sharemilker for injuring 84 cows is by no means the norm within the industry, says Waikato Federated Farmers dairy section chair Matthew Zonderop.

The use of wearable electronic monitors on the country’s dairy herds is rapidly increasing, according to DairyNZ polling.

Waikato farmer Jim van der Poel has been re-elected chairman of DairyNZ.

Global fertiliser prices are easing but things could change if the Israel-Hamas conflict spreads, warns RaboResearch farm inputs analyst Vitor Pistoia.

Fonterra shareholders are being urged to vote in the director elections where two incumbent directors are unopposed in their bid for re-election.

The dairy industry must continue to be incredibly competitive around converting grass into milk, says new DairyNZ chief executive Campbell Parker.

Long-time Canterbury sheep farmer and woolgrower Joe Catherwood has diversified into sheep milking.

OPINION: Farmers are doing it tough right now with rising costs, bad weather and falling payouts.

Dairy

The worst of the current dairy price cycle may be over, claims Westpac senior agricultural economist Nathan Penny.