Politicians at this year's New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards heard a clear message from organisers - do not bog the industry down in excessive red tape.

Labour's newly appointed associate Minister for Agriculture says one of her main goals is to look at ways of attracting more young people to make a career in the primary sector.

With just a week left in the 2022-23 season, economists agree that a final milk price around $8.30/kgMS is all but locked in.

Waikato goat farmers Wiebe and Piety Smitstra say retrofitting their goat milking shed has been a good move.

A new screening tool, the StaphGold ELISA test, gives farmers a panoramic view of subclinical Staphylococcus aureus mastitis across dairy herds, claim its developer Koru Diagnostics.

New Zealand manufacturer of advanced refrigeration technologies, DTS, says it is taking the heat out of running cool.

Former Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard stepped down from the role last week and was immediately announced as an ACT Party candidate for the next general elections. In his final column for the Feds, Hoggard had this to say on emissions pricing…

OPINION: As we wait for the Government to unveil its plan on pricing agricultural emissions, a new report spells out what could be in store for rural New Zealand.

OPINION: Former Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard rocked the local political scene last week by stepping down early from his farmer leader role to announce that he will contest the next election under the ACT Party banner.

DairyNZ says a Sustainable Catchments programme launched this month will see local farmers, DairyNZ and iwi working together to help improve the health of the Pokaiwhenua catchment in the South Waikato.